Sayings about Blood
You cannot turn blood into water. ~ Albanian Proverbs
Human blood is heavy; he who has shed it cannot run away. ~ African Proverb
Blood vessels are not cleaned with blood. ~ Georgian Proverbs
Blood boils without fire. ~ Spanish Proverbs
Experience costs blood. ~ Yiddish Proverbs
Where blood has been shed the tree of forgiveness cannot grow. ~ Brazilian Proverbs
The earth is not thirsty for the blood of the warriors but for the sweat of man’s labor. ~ Brazilian Proverb
The nobler the blood, the less the pride. ~ Danish Proverbs
A scholar’s ink is worth as much as the blood of the martyr. ~ Arabian Proverbs
It is the blood of the soldier that makes the general great. ~ Italian Proverbs
If you put a razor in your mouth, you will spit blood. ~ Nigerian Proverbs
A golden plate is worth nothing to me when my blood is spilled on it. ~ Georgian Proverb
Blood is the sweat of heroes. ~ Zimbabwean Proverb
Noble and common blood is of the same color. ~ German Proverbs
No tattoo is made without blood. ~ Mozambican Proverb
The idiot who has his eye on your wife is like a blood sucking fly. ~ Egyptian Proverbs
A friend will wipe away sweat but not blood. ~ Ivorian Proverbs
When your enemies attack, bathe in their blood. ~ Arabian Proverb
Your secret is your blood — when you shed it you die. ~ Berber Proverb
An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship. ~ Spanish Proverb
Who bathes his hands in blood will have to wash them with tears. ~ German Proverb
Don’t spill blood until the raven has flown over. ~ Thai Proverb
Walk till the blood appears on the cheek, but not the seat on the brow. ~ Spanish Proverb
Don’t try to get blood from a locust; God didn’t put it in there. ~ African Proverb
Blood is thicker than water. ~ Traditional Proverb
Great is the victory that is gained without bloodshed. ~ Traditional Proverb
You can’t get blood out of a stone. ~ Traditional Proverb
You don’t wash blood away with blood but with water. ~ Turkish Proverb
The soldiers’ blood, the general’s reputation. ~ Jamaican Proverb
The greatest victory is a bloodless victory. ~ Spanish Proverb
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Quotations about Blood
Blood will tell, but often it tells too much. ~ Don Marquis
Blud’s thicker than water. ~ Sir Walter Scott
The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church. ~ Tertullian
No one need think that the world can be ruled without blood. The civil sword shall and must be red and bloody. ~ Martin Luther
Noble blood! bah! What blood is more noble or so pure as that of the lion? And yet he is only a brute. It is merit, education and virtue, not blood, that lift men above the level of the brutes. ~ Michael le Faucheur
The future can be anything we want it to be, providing we have the faith and that we realize that peace, no less than war, required ”blood and sweat and tears.” ~ Charles F. Kettering
In countries where innocent people are dying, the leaders are following their blood rather than their brains. ~ Nelson Mandela
The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life. ~ Richard Bach
I have ceased to question stars and books; I have begun to listen to the teaching my blood whispers to me. ~ Herman Hesse
A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood. ~ George S. Patton
Blood follows blood. ~ Daniel Defoe
The best blood will at some time get into a fool or a mosquito. ~ Austin O’Malley
Blood is a cleansing and sanctifying thing, and the nation that regards it as the final horror has lost its manhood… there are many things more horrible than bloodshed, and slavery is one of them! ~ Padraic Pearse
Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms. ~ Andrew Jackson
Young blood must have its course, lad, and every dog its day. ~ Charles Kingsley
There is no glory in battle worth the blood it costs. ~ Dwight D. Eisenhower
The patriot’s blood is the seed of Freedom’s tree. ~ Thomas Campbell
Sometimes democracy must be bathed in blood. ~ Augusto Pinochet
Blood is that fragile scarlet tree we carry within us. ~ Osbert Sitwell
Blood alone moves the wheels of history. ~ Benito Mussolini
Was the blood which has been shed then so pure? ~ Antoine Barnave
I think it’s liquid aggravation that circulates through his veins, and not regular blood. ~ Charles Dickens
Blood… ’tis the ink of lovers. ~ George Chapman
Not one drop of blood is left inside my veins that does not throb: I recognize signs of the ancient flame. ~ Dante
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat. ~ Winston Churchill
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. ~ Thomas Jefferson
Blood is a juice of rarest quality. ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe