Spartan Quotes to Strengthen Your Character

10 Life-Changing and Powerful Quotes from Ancient Sparta including words of Leonidas, Agis and more. These are real Ancient Quotes from Sparta and not fictional.
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[@bigwig2881]

Philip II the father of Alexander the Great sent the Spartans a letter. "If I bring my army on your land, I will sack your city, kill your men and enslave your women". The Spartan reply, "If". I always love that one.

[@koncretemang6641]

And he was right. “ If” they could they’d do it anyway

[@AthenianArmy]

Later king Agis iii would team up with persia and got annihilated by Antipater, Alexander's regent in Macedonia.

[@josephkarwick4558]

Beat me to it

[@finncullen]

The Spartan reply came from the region of Lakonikos. As a result of that comment the word "laconic" was coined and still exists today

[@SB-zc7vy]

@@koncretemang6641 nope they didnt , they defeat the spartan in the battlefield (heavly cost battle for Macedon) but they didnt march against the city . Sparta continue to exist even in the Roman era and still today .

[@brsvideos8143]

The second quote is the historical equivalent of "I'm not locked in here with you. You're locked in here with me!"

[@vibingdude8065]

Kovacs was a badass

[@willmorrell488]

Zack Snyder directed both of those movies.

[@hermespsychopompos8267]

No matter what you hear in the movies, almost everything you can trace it back to Greece. Some contemporaries went so far to say "Damn them, they ( Greeks ) said everything that can be said"

[@Gk72]

@Godtiffanie and Sierra oo you sound so scary

[@zoltarfire3087]

An Athenian once said to a Spartan, “Why are your daggers so small?” The Spartan replied by saying, “It’s long enough to reach your heart isn’t it?” I couldn’t remember the exact quote but, it’s like this in a way.

[@csbanki]

It wasn't really a question, the Athenian was mocking the Spartan for his short dagger.

[@zoltarfire3087]

@@csbanki Yeah, idk.

[@Serros13]

Spartans used to draw pictures of monsters and dangerous animals (Medusa heads, scorpions etc) on their shields to fright the enemy. Before the battle of Thermopylae one Spartan draw the picture of a tiny fly on his shield and when the others asked him why he drew that; he replied: "My shield will be so close to their face (Persians) that the little fly will look like a lion to them".

[@castawaygaming7932]

🤣

[@usmcdevildog6935]

Never count the number of years you have lived, but the number of challenges you have faced and overcame. Semper fi.

[@aaronnikels5706]

Oorah!

[@RyanNelson0402]

🤔 the most motivated high and tight has entered the chat.

[@jameslittles1416]

True That.

[@wesbarcus3761]

Thank you for your service Marine.

[@white_devil73]

Thank you for your service.

[@potatortheomnipotentspud]

Everybody gangsta till the Spartans become philosophers

[@kevsdigitalartsmore3743]

Old Kratos God of War would like to chat.

[@matt59fire]

@@kevsdigitalartsmore3743 This isnt videogames.

[@kevsdigitalartsmore3743]

@@matt59fire I know. It was a joke mate.

[@matt59fire]

@@kevsdigitalartsmore3743 Im sorry, im American. You want to mate? Naw im good.

[@cursedxp6088]

@@matt59fire Get the fuck out of here

[@burnssy112]

Forgot: “giving the covenant back their bomb”

[@mid-knight1276]

Or “I need a weapon”

[@Quiok7337]

lol 😆

[@pyroroa3334]

Me talking like this to my teacher.

[@jamesindoril8328]

I bet you math teacher was pretty confused.

[@olaffalo4686]

Based

[@silentg2ndchannel825]

Good idea 🥳 thanks!

[@silentg2ndchannel825]

@gabe itches okay. 🤥

[@JosephNEWS.78]

Lol

[@matt_the_maniac]

When the Spartans faced their greatest enemy, the Persians, there was a messenger sent to them. The Persian ruler, Xerxes, told the messenger to convey to the Spartans that they had no hope of survival against his masses. Yet the Spartans, not afraid of death, refused flatly to surrender despite their few numbers. In desperation, the Persian messenger looked at the Spartan King, Leonidas, and said "Our arrows will be so many, they will darken the sky and obscure the sun itself." One of Leonidas's captains stood, stared the messenger in the face, and replied grimly, "Then we will fight in the shade." In the ensuing battle, the Spartans were able to both hold back and slaughter the hordes of well trained Persian soldiers. Even when they were betrayed by one of their comrades, who revealed a route by which the Persians could attack the Spartans from the back, they sent the other Greeks back to safety, and fought alone. They stood till they could stand no more, and fell as warriors. Their sacrifice was never forgotten, and that battle remains one of the most influential and infamous battles of history. They called it "The Battle of Thermopylae", but we call it.... "The Battle of the 300".

[@niranjandeshpande4378]

Except the Spartans didn’t send the rest back. Originally they were planning to survive and hold until the other Greek got there. Once they were betrayed, the Spartans wanted to retreat but it was the thebans who decided to stay. Leo Midas knew he would be shamed if he ran while they stayed, so he stayed too. Also, they weren’t fighting for freedom because the Spartans were 10% or smth of the population of Sparta, the rest were slaves. That’s why the Spartans could never fully mobilize, because then the slaves would revolt while they were gone. The reason they were all soldiers is because they had time time, since the slaves did all the work. The Persians would’ve given them autonomy if they surrendered too, so the Persians weren’t the monsters that the racist movie portrayed them to be.

[@matt_the_maniac]

@@niranjandeshpande4378 Yes and no. He didn't send ALL the soldiers back, like you said (only some left), there were some who stayed, but they fell quickly. And they were definitely wrong to have slaves, but that does not negate their patriotism and sacrifice. They may not have been admirable morally, but their patriotism can still be respected. I've also never seen the movie yet.

[@Jay-tx2wz]

I wonder how they got all these details if every spartan died during the fight

[@matt_the_maniac]

@@Jay-tx2wz Well not all the Persians died. Also some Greeks were sent back.

[@davidedbrooke9324]

The betrayer was not one of them but a local goat herder called ephialties. I don’t use a capital for him because he is not worthy of one.

[@tyroncreed573]

"Life was grim,and we greeted it Grimly" Kratos

[@zaid_2403]

"Spartans, prepare for glory." - Leonidas

[@PMMagro]

You missed the spartan lack off city walls and where the city limit is. "A city is well fortied if it has a wall of men instead bricks." Also "The walls of Sparta are it's men (soldiers) and the point off their spears is their borders"

[@2hot2handle65]

Yep................... and then they wished they'd built city walls when the Romans came.

[@thodan467]

@@2hot2handle65 the romans came as tourists, being entertained by the whippings of spartiate boys

[@HydraDominatus420]

@@2hot2handle65 By the time the Romans came, Sparta was a shadow of its former self....

[@2hot2handle65]

​@@HydraDominatus420 Because Sparta's military prowess was not sustainable.

[@HisRoyalMajestyKingofWeedshire]

“Boi.” -A very famous Spartan.

[@harishchoukikar2704]

Very very very underrated. Best comment in this whole section 😂

[@user-kt6sz8xl4e]

An Athenian asked a spartan soldier why his sword was so short, the spartan replied it's long enough to reach you're heart. That's fucking badass

[@peterroberts7684]

"Go tell to Sparta, thou who passest by, that here, obedient to her laws, we lie." - Thermopylae ⚔️👍👍👍Good quotes

[@babisz8640]

If I may add another aspect on that translation Hey stranger, inform Lacedomonians that here we lie, convinced by our society Laws. Lakedaimon = Sparta's heartland official name

[@RicardoSantos-oz3uj]

"Because they learned to respect the commanders, not to fear them." A lesson people need to learn.

[@zaid_2403]

"Spartans never retreat." "Spartans never surrender." "THIS IS SPARTA."

[@Razaiel]

When Lycurgus was asked why the Spartans didn't have democracy as the Athenians did, he replied ""First establish democracy in your own house."

[@thodan467]

as hypocritical as it gets from a spartiate slaveowner

[@Razaiel]

@@thodan467 Throwing epithets around won't prove your point.

[@thodan467]

@@Razaiel Spartans didn´t´ve democracy because most spartans were slaves or serfs/Periokoi

[@Razaiel]

@@thodan467 Yes, they conquered Laconia & enslaved the helots. Slavery was quite the norm in those days, so what's your point?

[@thodan467]

@@Razaiel My point is that mos spartans were slaves, Semi Citicen (speak spartiates who lost their status often for financial reasons) , Non-Citicens like periokei so how could democracy be ´n issue

[@boiwutyousaywatupdawg5314]

When a Spartan saw what he percieved as a ghost, he said "Who are you spirit that shall die twice"

[@zaid_2403]

"This is where we hold them." "This is where we stop them." "Do not give them anything." "But take them everything." "THIS IS WHERE THEY DIE."

[@ginolorenzo4117]

Spartan: No Retreat, No Surrender My mom: No veggies, No dessert

[@glassontherocks]

Persian: "We have you surrounded!" Spartan: "Good you can't get away!"

[@devourer3006]

The soul of the three hundred still bears within our heart!

[@againstallenemiesforeignan3156]

Thank you… it’s always great to be reminded of what real freedom sounds like.

[@harryhoffer9804]

Persian: lay down your weapon Spartan: come and get them

[@nicoangel690]

"MOLON" (COME) " LABE " ( TAKE )

[@mamor8292]

This is why I love ancient history! When men were MEN still!!!

[@rinconusmc]

Spartan encounters a ghost Spartan spear charging: “why do you flee from me one who would die a second time!?!?”

[@archangel7772]

This is one of my favorite videos I’ve ever watched on KZbin

[@samfisher4247]

Sparta is not dead. Only it society fell. The spirit of Sparta is alive and well. Non-servium. Axious.

[@swiftgoobie]

These quotes give me warm fuzzy feelings inside

[@errickflesch5565]

My Greek grandfather has an orange grove in Argos. I spent 3 summers there but lived in Greece and went to high school there. 1976-1981.

[@StrollaLawDefense]

“Come and take them”. Leonidas

[@musicandairplanes6330]

In 1978 I told my older brother I was joining the US military. He said, “You are to big of a baby to make it in the military.” He had spent three years in active duty. I retired in 1999 after 21 years as an E-7, Master Sgt, USAF. His comment was my motivation!

[@ANDROLOMA]

Retired at age 38 from the US Chair Force. Now what?

[@odysseus2336]

This was the best

[@leonidasgiannikos6817]

Well said

[@FilMit1]

Listening to these quotes feels like as if my soul is on fire.

[@JohnnyBravo1977]

Most of us now cannot even comprehend how much of a bad ass the spartans were

[@thodan467]

most spartans were slaves or peasants not badass, but brutally exploited, abused and murdered by their spartiate masters.

[@JohnnyBravo1977]

@@thodan467 so were the majority of the rest of the city states, let's not forget slavery and strict rules of citizenship, but no one remembers a nation for its peasants, but for the extraordinary things that civilisation accomplished. To talk only about peasants seems a bit sjw to me.

[@thodan467]

@@JohnnyBravo1977 The vast majority of spartans were slaves and peasants tell me, did the other citys murder their non-citicen soldiers after promising them full cticen status? Did they expect their slaves to fight and fall as slaves beside them...

[@JohnnyBravo1977]

@@thodan467 ypu got ypur facts wrong, snowflake, case closed

[@fransciscoeldrako8870]

@@thodan467 spartans were not slaves. They had eilotes who they used to carry their weaponry and armors. Also Kaiadas the famous pit is found and there was no evidence of murdering children. Just pushing enemies or traitors.

[@colinmccarthy7921]

If I was a Spartan,my quote would be::-, “If I die this day,I die with Honour.”

[@aresgodofwar2092]

they were great warriors because they understood the truth of the world and embraced the wrath of war a father could not be more proud

[@sayog2287]

God damn leonidas and his 300 men were brave (edit) alr I get there were other Greeks aswell fighting now stop having such chaos

[@motivationnow3405]

No doubt..

[@Jay-zs8dg]

They were 700 not just the 300 spartans they had allies, too bad they do not get much credit.

[@alexandrematthewa.serrano1579]

@@Jay-zs8dg because what I know is Leonidas ordered the others to leave and the 300 spartans and Leonidas are the ones left

[@specfei9895]

@@Jay-zs8dg They stayed because a king led them, that's the power of having your king on the frontlines. They were lucky cause only few are able to die with such honor

[@J040PL7]

@@Jay-zs8dg Spartans were exactly 300 royal guards, the few allies who went with them didn't really have anything to do with the fight, since in the first few days the front line wasn't broken, and at the end. they were sent back before the fight.

[@user-cr9fu8kv9f]

Thanks 👍

[@quotes777.]

Good quotes, keep spirit 👍

[@niklashenritzi2084]

best quote about them if u ate their food u knew why they didt fear death

[@GhanBuri666]

Quote #1: "This is Sparta!"

[@ashenshield1712]

The only spartan line I will ever scream: THIS IS SPARTA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@mahmoodsoleja9068]

Very nice ! 👍

[@koncretemang6641]

Thanks

[@stephenday2342]

This is madness!

[@flotnar2512]

Madness? THIS IS HISTORICALLY ACCURATE

[@gravity7208]

so Spartans had a mentality which made them invincible

[@koncretemang6641]

Amen

[@ricsonescalicas9657]

2:16 this is so savage

[@janfranceskyle4352]

Noice thank you.

[@redhood8408]

Death before dishonor

[@markothwriter]

This is all good and I believe it 100%, but you also have to incorporate the spirit of win/win. I've seen tough people destroy each other just trying to be the toughest - while weaker men triumphed around them.

[@thodan467]

weaker or less arrogant, narcistic...`?

[@Jay-tx2wz]

@@thodan467 wdym

[@vdt952]

An interesting point. And I think the Spartans of antiquity would agree with you. If I recall correctly, they weren't very big into individualism. They were soldiers, through and through. They did what they were told - no questions, no hesitation. They valued teamwork, and the well-being of the group over the whole. Most cultures view sacrifice as a noble and honorable act, but for the Spartans it was *expected* of you to sacrifice yourself for the whole, and you'd be considered absolute scum if you refused to do such. That's common in a lot of highly militaristic societies, I think.

[@kahlilkennard3940]

A Spartan never let's his back touch the floor

[@spartamuzic]

YEEEEESSSSSSS

[@attiliobarcados8178]

about the short knife the answer is said to be : it is long enough to reach your heart

[@theace1383]

I am Greek and in my language they sound even cooler

[@Whitedevil-cj5ic]

Your voice just killed it

[@eddieedward2067]

🔥🔥🔥

[@hermespsychopompos8267]

Realizing we Greeks still exist 'cause of our old daddies gloup! :( Everyone around us tried to subjugate and eradicate us. Thanks to their bravery we're still here, feeling unworthy carrying their name. Thanks to Philip that eventually united us all Greeks in order to survive and his son Alexander, taking revenge securing our nation.

[@jonnygraham2372]

Come and get them.

[@annasbastomy6621]

Very ideas of warrior.

[@yogibizzel8808]

🔥🔥 🇬🇷 🇬🇷

[@faamanatugalelea2415]

134 to 146 was the best quote from leonidas

[@augustinemalcolm3625]

Powerful How do I download the spartan movie

[@1raskeel]

Fight in the shade 'no sunburn' winning

[@1raskeel]

Just before his last battle Leonidas turns to a Spartan who betrayed him and said "I hope you live forever"

[@koncretemang5049]

❤

[@cmonkey63]

The quote, "Come back with your shield, or on it" is something I read in a book by the American science fiction writer Robert Heinlein. That book may have been called (from memory) the Wisdom of Lazarus.

[@ANDROLOMA]

Couldn't find it with a search. Maybe the Cat that Walks Through Walls?

[@cmonkey63]

@@ANDROLOMA The quote is originally attributed to Plutarch. I just did a quick search and couldn't find the exact Heinlein book I read it from, but that was in the 1970s, so, yeah. On further study, it may have been from "The Notebooks of Lazarus Long". Try that.

[@ANDROLOMA]

@@cmonkey63 I have several Heinlein books. Never read the LL books, tho. I even have Plutarch's Lives, which is also great reading. Out of a billion books, I've read maybe only 10,000. Lazarus Long sounds better than his Book of Job, a comedy of justice. Can't say I liked that one.

[@cmonkey63]

@@ANDROLOMA Ha, my first Heinlein novel was Have Spacesuit, Will Travel. That was in Grade 8. I later read Time Enough For Love in high school. Wouldn't be allowed to now, given some of the events in it. Even now I can recommend that one. He wrote some dogs, as I recall, one written in a month that was so rough I got splinters in my eyes. But several that stand out for me even after all these years.

[@ANDROLOMA]

@@cmonkey63 I liked The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, and I'd recommend that. I'm currently reading Stanger in a Strange Land. I have Grumbles From the Grave and a few others, but I'm more of a Vonnegut fan than a Heinlein fan. Sirens of Titan is one of the best novels I've ever read.

[@koncretemang5049]

I thank the Heavens forever day I love 💝

[@abdielcepeda3901]

Hell yeah Roma Victor!!!

[@222vessel]

where can i save this as my wallpaper?

[@lakalajadizaja4332]

I love the picture. Where could I get it?

[@ANDROLOMA]

It'd make a cool poster, fo' sho'.

[@goldquotes6022]

"this is where we hold them. this is where we stop them....!"

[@humbertoospino7884]

thats a nice introyection what a shame that ancient greece and persian wars are over

[@mrwhat5094]

Yeh wouldn't it be great if people were still dying over they're................

[@konstantinop]

@@mrwhat5094 hahahah! nice!

[@Phurcat]

Anyway I can get this with no music? I wanna use it for the intro for an album.

[@saiyt2872]

Please make daily routine of spartan

[@asteriskapellas5344]

also the famous ''μολων λαβε".leonidas said it to persians when commanded him to throw their weapons and it means ''come and get them"(the weapons)

[@koncretemang5049]

I’m near to ❤

[@Robert_Douglass]

Why don't our drill instructors and drill sergeants use quotes like these in the classroom and in the field? As part of basic training, philosophy of soldiering should be taught as well as general knowledge, skill, tactics and strategies, and customs and courtesies. Respect your enemy, and do not hate him or her, for he or she is a soldier as you are.

[@nielsvanbedaf1054]

❤🌹⚘

[@perkleme9191]

can some tell me how its 2 free an plz

[@koncretemang6641]

If I give in I can be a ruler but I cannot do it. I’d rather die

[@notgraham.7215]

"Fuck around and find out"- king Leonidas... okay maybe I paraphrased.

[@xronitz9642]

GREETINGS FROM GREECE

[@nielsvanbedaf1054]

Love en licht

[@sethjr9815]

My co said in front of you are the enemies behind you are the innocent, it is our job to protect the innocent

[@richardtuholsky4028]

Let’s go brandon 🍦🍦🍦

[@johnadams-wp2yb]

That is all very fine, but as a man, I could not do the compulsory man sex thing.

[@davidkoreck1341]

Where do you think going out on your shield comes from

[@chrishayes6359]

Dam old world want deep and with a quickness

[@f.b3059]

"Incredibilis! Infurmus! Etiam!"

[@ninjadragonblade]

I live by these quotes everyday of my life

[@claytonlowry1280]

And don't forget " I'm your hucklebearer" ..

[@bf945]

Congratulations, the true prounciation.

[@mademax1]

This is what real patriotism should be like

[@Xpistos510]

While totally badass, the Spartan ideology of ultranationalism and militarism is actually the basis for fascism and National Socialism.

[@HornetsNestRebel]

@@Xpistos510 And that's exactly what we need today.

[@jerrodlopes186]

Patriotism is as mindless, dull and stupid as liberalism. Get off your lazy ass and think for yourselves.

[@dashippo]

Very little of that had anything to do with patriotism.

[@oats6452]

@@jerrodlopes186 how's how little you understand.

[@MotivationalEcho5000]

The Spartans were HARD as FUCK

[@Zeus-ez6rf]

year 2200 Warriors quotes! : Before you fight take a selfie!

[@wisdomandtimes9583]

I will do today what others will not, so tomorrow I will have what others do not.

[@ANDROLOMA]

Eros menos?

[@samuelhoffmann162]

Where do these come from?

[@user-cv2ro9lr6s]

good . i didn't see any mage character in the comment section .