Fear is within all of us. As is strength.
Every lord is the hero of his own songs.
Courage is finding the will to overcome your fear, nothing more.[to Osferth]
Being king is not a pastime, not a choice, but a duty.[to Edward]
Battle does not always bring reward. This much I have learned.[to Aethelflaed]
An empty throne provokes more trouble than a weak king.
All that remains of England is Wessex. The birth of an England, the idea of a single kingdom called England, has to begin here. There is nowhere else.
A village can be rebuilt. A warrior can die only once.
A king must decide who he can trust, and who he must discard.
A king must be a king on his own terms. He cannot be his father. He can only be himself.
A good King relies upon good advice.
A country is its history, the sum of all its stories, we are what our fathers made us.
