ᛟᚠᛏᛖᚾ ᛏᛁᛗᛖᛊ ᛁᛏ ᛁᛊ ᚾᛟᛏ ᚾᚢᛗᛒᛖᚱᛊ ᚦᚨᛏ ᚹᛁᚾᛊ ᚦᛖ ᚹᛁᚲᛏᛟᚱᛁ, ᛒᚢᛏ ᚦᛟᛊᛖ ᚹᚺᛟ ᚠᚨᚱᛖ ᚠᛟᚱᚹᚨᚱᛞ ᚹᛁᚦ ᚦᛖ ᛗᛟᛊᛏ ᚹᛁᚷᛟᚱ.

"Often times it is not numbers that wins the victory, but those who fare forward with the most vigor."

~The Saga of Thrond of Gate, c.19

ᛚᛖᛏ ᚾᛟᛏ ᚦᛁ ᛗᛁᚾᛞ ᛒᛖ ᛟᚹᛖᚱᛗᚢᚲᚺ ᚲᚱᛟᛊᛊᛖᛞ ᛒᛁ ᚢᚾᚹᛁᛊᛖ ᛗᛖᚾ ᚨᛏ ᚦᚱᛟᛜᛖᛞ ᛗᛖᛖᛏᛁᛜᛊ ᛟᚠ ᚠᛟᛚᚲ; ᚠᛟᚱ ᛟᚠᛏ ᚦᛖᛊᛖ ᛊᛈᛖᚨᚲ ᚹᛟᚱᛊᛖ ᚦᚨᚾ ᚦᛖᛁ ᚹᛟᛏ ᛟᚠ; ᛚᛖᛊᛏ ᚦᛟᚢ ᛒᛖ ᚲᚨᛚᛚᛖᛞ ᚨ ᛞᚨᛊᛏᚨᚱᛞ, ᚨᚾᛞ ᚨᚱᛏ ᛗᛁᚾᛞᛖᛞ ᛏᛟ ᚦᛁᚾᚲ ᚦᚨᛏ ᚦᛟᚢ ᚨᚱᛏ ᛖᚹᛖᚾ ᚨᛊ ᛁᛊ ᛊᚨᛁᛞ; ᛊᛚᚨᛁ ᛊᚢᚲᚺ ᚨᚾ ᛟᚾᛖ ᛟᚾ ᚨᚾᛟᚦᛖᚱ ᛞᚨᛁ, ᚨᚾᛞ ᛊᛟ ᚱᛖᚹᚨᚱᛞ ᚺᛁᛊ ᚢᚷᛚᛁ ᛏᚨᛚᚲ.

"Let not thy mind be overmuch crossed by unwise men at thronged meetings of folk; for oft these speak worse than they wot of; lest thou be called a dastard, and art minded to think that thou art even as is said; slay such an one on another day, and so reward his ugly talk."

~Volsunga Saga, c.21