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Imperial Tomes and Chapter Mottos

Tome	Quote	Source
Excerpt from the Liber Honorus Imperial Fists Chapter, Legiones Astartes	During the righteous pacification of the heretical insurgence on Iduno, Lysander (at the time still a sergeant) bravely led his squad in the stubborn defence of the Colonial Bridge. For fourteen hours Lysander and his men held against wave after wave of attacks by the hateful rebels who had forsworn the glorious Emperor of Mankind for the False Glories of the Fallen Gods. Well versed in the Rites of Battle, Lysander guided his men surely and strongly, bringing the vengeance of the Emperor in volleys of controlled, effective bolter fire. When Lysander and the survivors of his squad were relieved, it took several hours to clear the corpses of the shadow-shrouded recreants so the bridge could be crossed.	missing source
'Leaders Of The Adeptus Astartes', A Most Secret Report, Compiled For His Most Supreme Excellency The Paternoval Envoy By His Humble Servant Master Maximus Pliny	Marneus Augustus Calgar is the renowned master of the Ultramarines, and his countless exploits while defeating the enemies of the Emperor (may his divine light always guide us) have earned him no small measure of fame throughout the Imperium. In particular, his stubborn defence and ultimate crushing defeat of the Tyranids during the 1st Tyrannic War has become the stuff of legend amongst the more vulgar elements of the population on those planets that owe allegiance to the Ultramarines. But fame and glory ever begets jealousy and spite, and these heroic tales, fuelled by Marneus' fierce (some might say intractable) pride, has earned him and his brethren many high-ranking enemies. While I can find no direct evidence, it seems probable that these enemies engineered the now infamous Court of Inquiry into Marneus' actions during the suppression of the uprising on Colony Beta//54, where Marneus was quite rightly exonerated of all charges, if his excellency will allow me to put forward my own, very humble, opinion. Recent reports that Marneus was slain during the defence of Ichar IV appear to be based upon nothing but base rumour and tawdry gossip, and all the reliable evidence I have found indicates the he continues to lead the Ultramarines to this day.	missing source
Preface to Chapter V, 'Warrior Pilgrimages of the Angels of Death'	The final destination on my Warrior Pilgrimage to Rynn's World was my voyage to the Jadeberry Hill Necropolis. Upon that blasted knoll are to be found hundreds of hand-carved headstones, each one a memorial to a fellow battle brother of the Crimson Fists. Each stone is engraved with the battle honours of a hero whose mortal remains will never be recovered, his sacrifice an example to us all. I lingered at that bleak place for a day and a night, meditating upon the foes I had defeated and the terrible battles I had fought to return here and atone for my weakness. Come the morn, I was struck by a revelation. Though many of them had died here, my brethren had prevailed in the face of adversity. I would strive to emulate their example and prove myself worthy of the trust placed in me by my Chapter.	missing source
Verses of Sigismund, Book CIV, Verse I	You carry the Emperor's will as your torch, with it destroy the shadows.	missing source
Space Marine pledge	What is your life? My honour is my life. What is your fate? My duty is my fate. What is your fear? My fear is to fail. What is your reward? My salvation is my reward. What is your craft? My craft is death. What is your pledge? My pledge is eternal service	missing source
Litany of the Space Marines	What is your Duty? To serve Emperor's Will. What is Emperor's Will? That we fight and die. What is Death? It is our duty. What is your Duty? ...	missing source

A

Speaker	Quote	Source
Chaplain Aston, Fire Hawks 10th Company	The uniforms of the Imperial Guard are camouflaged in order to protect their wearers by hiding them from sight. The principle is that what the enemy cannot see he cannot kill. This is not the way of the Adeptus Astartes. A Space Marine’s armour is bright with heraldry that proclaims his devotion to his Chapter and the beloved Emperor of Mankind. Our principle is that what the enemy can see, he will soon learn to fear…	missing source

B

Speaker	Quote	Source
Black Templars	"Lead us from death to victory, from falsehood to truth. Lead us from despair to hope, from faith to slaughter. Lead us to His strength and an eternity of war. Let His wrath fill our hearts. Death, war, and blood; in vengeance serve the Emperor in the name of Dorn!" - "Suffer not the Unclean to live", prayer and vow of the Black Templars	Codex: Black Templars (4th Edition), missing source specification
	"Trust in the Emperor at the hour of battle. Trust to him to intercede, and protect his warriors true as they deal death on alien soil. Turn their seas to red with the blood of their slain. Crush their hopes, their dreams And turn their songs into cries of lamentation." - "Uphold the honour of the Emperor", vow of the Black Templars	Codex: Black Templars (4th Edition), missing source specification
	"Smite now the scions of the Witch! Grant us the strength to pierce their unclean flesh! To cover their fields with the pale form of the blasphemous dead! To drown the thunder of guns with the shriek of their dying! To lay waste to their citadels with hurricanes of fire! To wring the hearts of their kin with unavailing grief! To send them into the waste of their desolate land in rags and hunger, broken in spirit, worn with travail and begging for the refuge of the grave. We ask it, in the spirit of wrath, O Master of Mankind!" - "Abhor the Witch, Destroy the Witch", prayer and vow of the Black Templars	Codex: Black Templars (4th Edition), missing source specification
	"O Emperor, in wrath rejoicing at bloody wars, fierce and untamed, whose mighty power doth make the strongest walls from their foundations shake. All-conquering Master of Mankind, be pleased with this war's tumultuous roar. Delight in swords and fists red with alien blood, and the dire ruins of savage battle. Rejoice in furious challenge, and avenging strife, whose works with woe embitter human life!" - "Accept any challenge, no matter the odds", prayer and vow of the Black Templars	Codex: Black Templars (4th Edition), missing source specification
	"No Fear! No Pity! NO REMORSE!" - War Cry of the Black Templars	, missing source specification
Paulian Blantar, Iron Father of the Kaargul Clan of the Iron Hands	The Machine is strong. We must purge the weak, hated flesh and replace it with the blessed purity of metal. Only through permanence can we truly triumph, only through the Machine can we find victory. Punish the flesh. Iron in mind and body. Hail the Machine!	missing source
War Cry of the Blood Angels	"For the Emperor and Sanguinius!"	missing source
Motto of the Blood Ravens Chapter	"Knowledge is power. Guard it well."	missing source

C

Speaker	Quote	Source
Marneus Calgar	Damnation starts with little steps, by arrogantly thinking that you are wiser than our great forbears, by tinkering with truth, by compromising, by departing from the straight and narrow path of the Emperor’s light.	missing source
We are the Ultramarines, the Sons of Guilliman. Whilst we draw breath, we stand. Whilst we stand, we fight. Whilst we fight, we prevail. Nothing shall stay our wrath.	Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook, missing source specification
Memorum Libris de Petronius Caligarus, Ultramarines Captain	Only a madman knows no fear. A warrior knows what fear is, he feels it in his stomach, he understands fear better than any other mortal can. What makes us strong is that we have conquered fear, overcome it not once but many times, over and over again, until the process has become instinctive. but no matter how many battles you fight and how many victories you win, your fear will never completely leave you. Learn to live with that fear. Learn to master your fear. But never forget that there are things in this universe that even you cannot face and live, abominations so terrible that their very appearance will sear the flesh from your face and shrivel your eyes. Such things cannot be fought, and to confront them would be nothing but a futile waste of life. In those situations remember your vows to serve the Emperor, and remember also that you serve him best alive and not sacrificed upon the altar of vain glory.	missing source

D

Speaker	Quote	Source
Captain Denon of the Salamanders 2nd Company	You will fight in the streets, and in the habs! You will fight for the enemy's death, not your own lives! You will fight and you will drive this alien filth from the Emperor's city. You will do these things, or you will face my wrath.	'missing sopurce

G

Source	Quote	Notes
Grand Master Gideon of the Dark Angels Ravenwing	The enemy have been sighted. I am going to engage. In the name of the Emperor: Ravenwing - Attack! Attack! ATTACK!	missing source
Chaplain Grimaldus of the Black Templars, hero of Hive Helsreach	To the darkness I bring fire. To the ignorant I bring faith. Those who welcome these gifts may live, but I will visit naught but death and eternal damnation on those who refuse them.	missing source
Primarch Roboute Guilliman of the Ultramarines	To admit defeat is to blaspheme against the Emperor.	missing source
	The warrior who acts out of honour cannot fail. His duty is honour itself. Even his death - if it is honourable - is a reward and can be no failure, for it has come through duty. Seek honour as you act, therefore, and you will know no fear.	missing source
	Man never changes. So war never changes. -attributed	Echoes of the Long War (Novel), missing source specification

H

Source	Quote	Notes
Chaplain Hanius of the Blood Angels	Within dark and forgotten places hide the enemies of the Emperor. You have been chosen to enter such places and, protected by the best armour the Adeptus Mechanicus can provide, cleanse it. Take with you weapons, a valiant heart and the Emperor's blessing, and engage the enemy where it makes its lair. Acknowledge death as it approaches, but do not succumb to its touch, for your purpose is great. You have proved yourselves to be worthy of the status you now hold. Every one of you standing here, all of whom have declared allegiance to the Emperor and take his will as your guide, have shown your courage and have been rewarded for it. Those that stand before me, I charge you now, go forth and vanquish the foe. – Sermon to Terminator Squads before the attack on Thain II	missing source
High Marshal Helbrecht of the Black Templars	The galaxy is the Emperor's, and anyone or anything who challenges that claim is an enemy who must be destroyed. – at the Battle of Fire and Blood	missing source
	The Emperor extends His will to us when we destroy the wicked and impure to reconquer the galaxy in His name. The Emperor leads the galaxy to righteousness, and thus we must petition for His judgement on the wicked... for it is judgement without mercy. – addressing his warriors prior to the Cleansing of Gemenon Majoris	missing source

I

Speaker	Quote	Source
War Cry of the Imperial Fists	Primarch! Progenitor, to your glory and the glory of Him on Earth!	missing source

K

Speaker	Quote	Source
Commander Karziel, Ultramarines 5th Company	A battle for supremacy against many foes is a battle of the best kind. There are few considerations, only those concerning where to place your next shot. It is war in its purest form.	missing source
Techmarine Keilor assigned to the Deathwatch from the Doom Eagles Chapter	This planet is a graveyard - care to join me? – shortly before blowing himself up amidst a genestealer cult on Pavia	missing source
Veteran Sergeant Kesser	Only faith in the Emperor and the training I am going to give you will save you on the battlefield.	missing source
Guardsman Kyod	All was lost. The Xenos scum, who smashed us for two days straight, were hurtling towards us again. We readied ourselves for death. And then Death came. Ten Space Marines appeared in the midst of the alien swarm. They were all in black and they set about the foe with the very fury of the Emperor himself! They saved us, and the whole damned Imperial line. – after the recapturing of Heliad VII	missing source

L

Speaker	Quote	Source
Legion of the Damned	The Damned and the World read the first The Master of Mankind has work for us here. The Castle and Chaos read the second Our Lord guides us against evil. Fire and the Executioner read the third We have our duty. Death and the Emperor read the last The Legion of the Damned shall accomplish the Imperial will. - consulting the Tarot of the Emperor	missing source
Sword Brethren Lorenzo	This day shall be our day of reckoning. Look not to the shame of the past, but to the glory of the future. We shall wash away the stain of our dishonour in the hot blood of our enemies. – address to the warriors of the Varl Crusade	missing source

M

Speaker	Quote	Source
Captain Malachai of the Black Templars	Questions are for the briefing room, not the field.	missing source
Sergeant Malachi, Ravenwing	SPEED KILLS!	missing source
	It's not just a speeding bike you need, Gamaliel - a quick mind is just as important for victory.	missing source
Mephiston, Chief Librarian of the Blood Angels	I once was Calistarius. He has been dead for many years. I stand in his place, with death in my right hand, darkness in my left, and I would know who this is who bears the name Mephiston.	Mephiston: Lord of Death (Novella), missing source specification
Mentor Legion	Knowledge is Power	Warhammer 40,000 Compendium, missing source specification

N

Speaker	Quote	Source
Captain Navarre of the Black Templars	Your honour is your life. Let none dispute it.	missing source
Inquisitor N'Syun	Some say that the Blood Angels are tainted: that they harbour a dark secret. I know this to be true. I have seen the infamous Death Company: wild-eyed and foam-mouthed berserkers who tear their enemies limb from limb, crush skulls with a single blow, snap spines and rip out inner organs. I have seen the Sanguinary Priests: the passing of blood filled chalices from lip to lip, heard their wracking lamentations of Sanguinus's death. I have watched their rituals: mighty warriors daubing their armour in the blood of their foes, heard them crying for vengeance against the enemies of the Emperor.	missing source

S

Speaker	Quote	Source
	Three Legions of Marines stand to defend you, sire. All of us will unflinchingly place ourselves between you and the war’s desolation. We are the greatest humans ever born – we are the flame of Humanity where the rest of the galaxy is just the spark. In centuries of warfare, against the vileness of the alien, the lies of the heretic, the foulness of the mutant, I have never known fear – but your silence terrifies me. - during the Battle for Terra	missing source
Kayvaan Shrike, Shadow Captain of the Raven Guard 3rd Company	From the darkness we strike, fast and lethal, and by the time our foes can react... darkness there and nothing more.	missing source
Silver Skulls	While vile mutants still draw breath, there can be no peace. While obscene heretics' hearts still beat, there can be no respite. While faithless traitors still live, there can be no forgiveness. – Catechism of Hate Verse I of XXV	missing source

U

Speaker	Quote	Source
Inscription on the Ultramarines Chapter Banner	Our presence remakes the past	missing source

V

Speaker	Quote	Source
Ultramarines Veteran Sergeant Lucian Ventris	We commend our souls to the Emperor. Let the story of our sacrifice burn across history like a shooting star. For death and for glory - for the Ultramarines! - At the Battle for Macragge, 745.M41	missing source

Unattributed

Quote	Notes/Context	Source
Say what you will: I will not fight alongside these madmen. The past proves nothing, save that the Blood Angels are cursed and but a single step from damnation!	An anonymous Imperial Commander	missing source
Wherever and whenever they appear they leave only destruction in their wake; they are the Lords of Death, Bringers of War. The Dark Angels.		missing source
Honour your Chapter.	Space Marine Proverb	missing source
The enemies of the Emperor fear many things. They fear discovery, defeat, despair and death. Yet there is one thing they fear above all others. They fear the wrath of the Space Marines!	Unknown	missing source
They'll never get in. Even a chain fist wouldn't break down that barricade." (A pale blue glow appeared in the corner) You'd think they'd try though. I mean, they're not even trying to get in. (The glowing blue mist rapidly coalesced. The crunch of metal echoed from behind them) What was that? (The dark shape, now solid, raised an assault cannon and tore the two men apart in one fluid motion. A communicator cut through the static.) Teleportation complete. Targets terminated. Awaiting further instructions.	Unknown	missing source

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