Bear your command with humility. Lead, do not condescend. Remember, th — Steven Pressfield

"There is something I must tell you. When Leonidas selected you for the Three Hundred, I went to him in private and argued strenuously against your inclusion. I thought you would not fight. [...] I was wrong."

"I believe him, Dienekes. Hes so fucking stupid, this is just the way he would skrew it up."

"If you think this is funny, wait till you get into combat. Youll think thats hysterical!"

"Among the ways the Spartans differ from other peoples is this. When an ally in distress applies to them for aid, they alone dispatch neither troops nor treasure but a solitary commander, a general. This officer alone, assuming charge of the beleagured forces, is sufficiant, they feel, to turn affairs about and produce victory. This as the world knows is what happened at Syracuse."

"Do you love your country? [...] This man, with his life, has preserved it. Bear him with honor."

"You have never tasted freedom friend, or you would know it is purchased not with gold, but steel."