"Before You Go Into Battle..."

"There are days that make the sacrifices seem worthwhile... and then there are the days where everything feels like a sacrifice. And then there are the sacrifices that you can't even figure out why you're making. A wise man once said, you can have anything in life if you will sacrifice everything else for it. What he meant it, nothing comes without a price. So before you go into battle, you better decide how much you're willing to lose. Too often, going after what feels good means letting go of what you know is right. And letting someone in means abandoning the walls you've spent a lifetime building. Of course, the toughest sacrifices are the ones we don't see coming. When we don't have time to come up with a strategy, to pick a side, or to measure the potential loss.When that happens, when the battle chooses us, that's when the sacrifice can turn out to be more than we can bear."

- "Dr. Meredith Grey", "Grey's Anatomy"

"How do you beat the odds when it’s one against a billion? You stand strong, keep pushing yourself past all rational limits and never let yourself give up. But the truth of the matter is, despite how hard you try and fight to stay in control, when it’s all said and done, sometimes you’re just outnumbered."

- "Dr. Meredith Grey," "Grey's Anatomy"

Richard: "Stand it like a man! He'll get no satisfaction from us!"

Geoffrey: "Why, you chivalric fool - as if the way one fell down mattered!"
Richard: “When the fall’s all that’s left, it matters a great deal.”

- "The Lion in Winter"