Viking-Inspired Sayings on Strength and Resilience

1. "Fear not death for the hour of your doom is set and none may escape it." – Viking Proverb
2. "Be your friend's true friend. Return gift for gift. Repay laughter with laughter again but betrayal with treachery." – The Havamal
3. "Bravery is half the victory." – Viking Saying
4. "Where wolf's ears are, wolf's teeth are near." – Volsunga Saga
5. "The unwise man is awake all night, worries over and again. When morning rises he is restless still, his burden as before." – The Havamal
6. "A battle-dented shield is better than a king's burial." – Viking Proverb
7. "It is easy to be brave from a safe distance." – Viking Saying
8. "Better to fight and fall than to live without hope." – Volsunga Saga
9. "One’s back is vulnerable, unless one has a brother." – Viking Proverb
10. "Never swear false oaths; great and grim is the reward for the breaking of plighted troth." – The Havamal
11. "Fire is needed by the newcomer whose knees are frozen numb; meat and clean linen a man needs who has fared across the fells." – The Havamal
12. "A cowardly man thinks he will live forever if he avoids battle; but old age will give him no peace, though spears might spare him." – The Havamal
13. "Even the wise falter at times." – Viking Saying
14. "The wise man seldom wanders to the wolf's door." – The Havamal
15. "Often it is that a man’s mouth broke his nose." – Viking Proverb
    
    
    
16. "Gold is little comfort for the kinsman dead." – The Havamal
17. "The fool is busy in everyone's business but his own." – Viking Proverb
18. "The best place for a man is near the fire in the early morning." – Viking Saying
19. "A man should not step one foot forth in the field without his weapons. One cannot know, when on the road, when he may need his spear." – The Havamal
20. "He who has a why to live can bear almost any how." – Viking Philosophy
21. "Who can say what sorrow seemingly careless folk bear to their life's end?" – The Havamal
22. "A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope." – Viking Proverb
23. "The high one must rise early to take the prey and keep his goods, or lose them." – The Havamal
24. "Often should one make an early move to a friend's house, unless he's a foe." – Viking Saying
25. "When men meet foes in fight, better is stout heart than sharp sword." – Viking Proverb
26. "Cattle die, kindred die, every man is mortal: But the good name never dies of one who has done well." – The Havamal
27. "A wise man can often make use of the simplest things." – Viking Proverb
28. "When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost." – Viking Belief
29. "If you hear the fool's word of a drunken man, strive not with him being drunk with wine and witless." – The Havamal
30. "He who knows much does not speak much." – Viking Saying
    
    
    
31. "It is the cold that comes from the north that makes the fires so dear." – Viking Saying
32. "The eagle soars in the summit of heaven." – Viking Proverb
33. "There is no better burden than a brother." – The Havamal
34. "He that shows his heart will not have a firm friend." – Viking Saying
35. "The day must dawn before one can tell how it will be." – Viking Proverb
36. "A brave man's hand can speak for itself, need it hardly make a fist." – Viking Saying
37. "Often is there regret for saying too much, and seldom regret for saying too little." – The Havamal
38. "There is nothing more cunning than to think of yesterday's peril today." – Viking Saying
39. "A good life does not mean just following one’s impulses and appetites, but leading a life of reason and virtue." – Viking Philosophy
40. "Silence is often misinterpreted, but never misquoted." – Viking Saying
41. "Let a man never stir on his road a step without his weapons of war; for unsure is the knowing when need shall arise of a spear on the way without." – The Havamal
42. "It is by daring that fate is overcome." – Viking Proverb
43. "A man’s heart often leads his head to do things with many regrets." – Viking Saying
44. "Much knowledge is not always good, but much good is always knowledge." – Viking Saying
45. "Leave the dead to rest, and let the ghosts lie still." – The Havamal
    
    
    
46. "Often the wise must endure blows before the victory." – Viking Saying
47. "Better gear than good sense a traveler cannot carry." – Viking Proverb
48. "It is better to stand and fight. If you run, you will only die tired." – Viking Saying
49. "He who stands may fight and fall, but he who does not stand has already fallen." – Viking Proverb
50. "The keen edge of the sword offers a bitter harvest for the bearer." – Viking Saying
51. "A man should be loyal through life to friends, and return gift for gift, laugh when they laugh, but with lies repay a false foe." – The Havamal
52. "A little fire that warms is better than a big fire that burns." – Viking Saying
53. "The days that are the hardest, are the days that matter most." – Viking Belief
54. "May you find your worth in the waking world." – Viking Blessing
55. "He who hides his own ill deeds in his heart, is not a wise man." – Viking Proverb
56. "He who looks up grows dizzy." – Viking Saying
57. "Better to be a wolf of Odin than a lamb of God." – Viking Philosophy
58. "The nail that sticks up will be hammered down." – Viking Proverb
59. "The lame can ride horse, the handless drive cattle, the deaf one can fight and prevail." – The Havamal
60. "He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command." – Viking Saying