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Made in gb
Troubled By Non-Compliant Worlds




Eschara

What's your favourite Imperial Quote?

'Only the insane have strength enough to prosper. Only those who prosper may truly judge what is sane'

In dedicato imperatum ultra articulo mortis  
   
Made in us
Pyro Pilot of a Triach Stalker





Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high

"An open mind is like a fortress with it's gates unlocked and unbarred"

Bedouin Dynasty: 10000 pts
The Silver Lances: 4000 pts
The Custodes Winter Watch 4000 pts

MajorStoffer wrote:
...
Sternguard though, those guys are all about kicking ass. They'd chew bubble gum as well, but bubble gum is heretical. Only tau chew gum. 
   
Made in us
Blood Angel Terminator with Lightning Claws





New Jersey

"A small mind is easily filled with faith."

   
Made in hr
Willing Inquisitorial Excruciator




Croatia

We may be few, and our enemies many. Yet so long as there remains one of us still fighting, one who still rages in the name of justice and truth, then by the Allfather, the galaxy shall yet know hope.

Ragnar Blackmane

ADB: I showed the Wolves revealing the key weakness at the heart of the World Eaters; showing Angron that his Legion was broken and worthless compared to the others; that he was the one primarch who couldn't trust his own warriors, and that they didn't care if he lived or died; showing that loyalty to brothers and sons is the heart of success for the Legiones Astartes, to the point even Lorgar makes a big deal out of saying the World Eaters and their primarch were massively outclassed by Russ, and Angron was too stupid to see the lesson Russ had sacrificed time, sweat, and blood, to teach. We're talking about a battle the Wolves won, by isolating the enemy general through pack tactics, and threatening to kill him, without a hope of defending himself. It was a balance, 50/50 - Angron overpowered Russ, and the Wolves were losing ground to the World Eaters; but Russ and his warriors had Angron by the balls, and barely broke a sweat. They won, no question. Lorgar even says: "The Wolves won, meathead."

Dorn won’t help you either. He’s too busy being the Emperor’s groundskeeper, hiding behind the palace walls. The Wolf is too busy cutting off heads as our father’s executioner, while the Lion holds on to his secrets, and has no special fondness for you. Who else will come? Not Ferrus, certainly. Nor Corax either. Even as we speak, I suspect he flees for Deliverance. Sanguinius?’ Curze laughed cruelly. ‘The angel is more cursed than I. The Khan? He does not wish to be found. So who is left? No one, Vulkan. None of them will come. You are simply not that important. You are alone.’ Konrad Curze to Vulkan


 
   
Made in nl
Wight Lord with the Sword of Kings






North of your position

'A man who has nothing can still offer his soul.'

   
Made in ca
Wicked Warp Spider




A cave, deep in the Misty Mountains

There is no innocence, only degrees of guilt.

Craftworld Eleuven 4500

LoneLictor on thread about an ork choking the Emperor:
 LoneLictor wrote:
I like to imagine the Emperor kills so many Orks that he ends up half buried beneath a pile of corpses, with only his head sticking out. A lone grot stumbles across him, and starts choking him.

Then Horus comes across the lone grot, somehow managing to kill the Emperor, and punts it into space.
 
   
Made in gb
Steadfast Ultramarine Sergeant





Liverpool, England

Better crippled in body than corrupt in mind.
   
Made in us
[MOD]
Solahma






RVA

Innocence proves nothing.

That's a rather deep one, IMO.

   
Made in us
Gore-Soaked Lunatic Witchhunter




Seattle

I should upload it somewhere for the fan-base, but I have a "Thought for the Day" generator written for MS Excel in VBA script. You just click on the Aquila on the main page and it generates a random TftD. Very handy for my DH and RT campaigns where tracking days of narrative time, or just opening the week's session marks the start of a new day on Talis.

Anyway, amongst my favorites are these:

"Life is the Emperor's coin. Spend it well."
"No man has died in vain who died for the Emperor."

... and as my current NPC/Party Leader character in my current DH campaign is a Cleric:
"No army is big enough to conquer the galaxy. But faith alone can overturn the universe."

It is best to be a pessimist. You are usually right and, when you're wrong, you're pleasantly surprised. 
   
Made in us
Paladin of the Wall




From Grimaldus

"I have dug my grave in this place and I will either triumph or I will die"

From 3++

"Because your captain is smarter than Belial and all templar commanders ever, he doesn't discard his iron halo when you dress him up as a terminator. Remember this." 
   
Made in rs
Land Raider Pilot on Cruise Control





Holy Terra

The verse from "The Guardsman's Duty" used as a chapter quote in "For The Emperor":

"Whatever happens we have got, the Emperor's blessing. They have not!"

The universe has many horrors yet to throw at us. This is not the end of our struggle. This is just the beginning of our crusade to save Humanity. Be faithful! Be strong! Be vigilant!
 
   
Made in gb
Junior Officer with Laspistol




Perth/Glasgow

Only in Death Does Duty End

Let that be a lesson to those Xenos who would throw down their arms and bargain for their lives

EDIT: from the BFG rulebook
Spoiler:

War is Peace
Freedom is Slavery
Ignorance is Strength

There is nothing better a man can do than lay down his life to the Emperor (Links to the first one quite well imo)

No battle was ever won that was poorly planned
No plan ever succeeded that was poorly conceived

A fleet of Imperial ships at war are the best negotiators

A ships a fool to fight a space station

Ye thought? You are not paid to think!

Into the Jaws of Death! Into the mouth of Hell!

Extreme remedies are most appropriate for extreme diseases

You may as well try and catch starlight as bring the Eldar to battle

The Emperor will judge your sins - after the office of the watch is finished with you!

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Currently debating whether to study for my exams or paint some Deathwing 
   
Made in gb
Regular Dakkanaut






"Some may question your right to destroy ten billion people. Those who understand realise that you have no right to let them live!"

 Flinty wrote:
You could always just strap SPACE MARINES to the arms and SPACE MARINE the SPACE MARINES!!1!1111
 
   
Made in nz
Boom! Leman Russ Commander




New Zealand

Ask not the Eldar a question, for they will give you three answers all of which are true and terrifying to know.

5000
 
   
Made in dk
Unhealthy Competition With Other Legions





Victory does not always rest with the big guns: But, if we rest in front of them, we shall be lost.

and

Walk softly… and carry a big gun.

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 amanita wrote:
So dare I ask what happens if he farts? Could it blow the seals on the lower portion of his armor? Or is a space marine's system immune to such mundane fluctuations of bodily conduct?

 Moktor wrote:
No one should be complaining about this codex. It gave regular Eldar a much needed buff by allowing us to drop Fire Dragons and D-Scythe Wraithguard wherever we want, without scatter. Without this, I almost lost a game once. It was scary. I almost took to buying fixed dice to ensure it never happened again.
 
   
Made in us
Regular Dakkanaut




New Orleans, LA

"Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment."

Tool to get a random 40k Thought for the day: http://proverbinatus.com
Warhammer 40k lorem ipsum generator: http://lemanipsum.com 
   
Made in us
Stabbin' Skarboy





Taking some liberties:

"A sneaky Ork? Take that man to the brig."

Famous last words.
   
Made in gb
Rampaging Reaver Titan Princeps





On your roof with a laptop

“Who is to judge what is right and what is wrong? Great and powerful foes surround us; unknown miscreants gnaw at us from within. We are threatened with total annihilation. In days such as these we can afford no luxury of morality.”

This is a signature. It contains words of an important or meaningful nature. 
   
Made in us
Ancient Ultramarine Venerable Dreadnought






"Why weep comrade? Is it the blood we wade in? The thunder of the guns perhaps? Or this sodden corpse-hole of a trench? Friend, be of good cheer, our savior the Emperor has brought us to this fine world with its open skies and wide vistas, and as plentiful scavenging as I've ever seen, and all he asks is that we kill a few of those godless bastards yonder. Why, it is a fine thing, to be an Imperial Guardsmen!"

Iron Warriors 442nd Grand Battalion: 10k points  
   
Made in ca
Nasty Nob





Canada

"Battle bruthas! Spess mehrens! Todeh the enemy is at our door. We know our duty and we will do it. We fight for our honour, as blud rahvens, as SPESS MEHRENS and we fight in the name of the emprah. And if we die this daay we die in glori. We die heroz deths, but we shall not die, no, it is the enemy who will face deth'n defeat as you know. Most uv our battle bruthers 'r stationed in SPESS prepared to deep strike. Our perimeter has been prepared in the event that our enemies should be so bold and so foolish. We have placed numerous beacons, allowing for multiple, simultanious and devastat'in defensive deep strikes. Codex astartes names this manoover Stehl Rehn. We shall descend upon the foe, we will overwhelm them, we will leeve nun alive. We are the spess mehrens, we are the emperor's fureh."
-Indrick Boreale prior to the disaster at Kaurava.

Stomped

To Be Stomped
No One
My vision of how 40k ends: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5937830/1/Time-of-Ending-the-40k-Finale  
   
Made in ph
Battleship Captain




Calixis Sector

Imperial Navy Articles of War wrote:
You are expected at all times and in all situations to conduct yourselves in a manner appropriate to, and mindful of, the great duties and traditions of the Emperor's Most Glorious and Honourable Navy.


Kaptin Bluddflagg wrote:
Wut? Like a Spacey Hulk? HAHA! Gork and Mork! Zog dat humie morsel and er space marine git. How long until wez can get dis fing up and running out of dis naff sector?


Kaptin Bluddflagg wrote:
Errr...but dat means...one, tree...errr...dey'll be ere before wez can leave and blows up our nice new shiny Spacey Hulk while dere at it!


Kaptin Bluddflagg wrote:
Dem Orks got a Mek for a boss! Dat's jus' sad, dat is.

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"In every age, in every place, the deeds of men remain the same" 
   
Made in fr
Tzeentch Veteran Marine with Psychic Potential





France

A moment of laxity spawns a lifetime of heresy.

I love that one.

   
Made in gb
Regular Dakkanaut






 CuddlySquig wrote:
"Battle bruthas! Spess mehrens! Todeh the enemy is at our door. We know our duty and we will do it. We fight for our honour, as blud rahvens, as SPESS MEHRENS and we fight in the name of the emprah. And if we die this daay we die in glori. We die heroz deths, but we shall not die, no, it is the enemy who will face deth'n defeat as you know. Most uv our battle bruthers 'r stationed in SPESS prepared to deep strike. Our perimeter has been prepared in the event that our enemies should be so bold and so foolish. We have placed numerous beacons, allowing for multiple, simultanious and devastat'in defensive deep strikes. Codex astartes names this manoover Stehl Rehn. We shall descend upon the foe, we will overwhelm them, we will leeve nun alive. We are the spess mehrens, we are the emperor's fureh."
-Indrick Boreale prior to the disaster at Kaurava.


LMFAO.

Murst of erh brertheurs ehr stetioned in SPESS readeh to DEEP-DEEP-DEEP-DEEP STYRKE!

 Flinty wrote:
You could always just strap SPACE MARINES to the arms and SPACE MARINE the SPACE MARINES!!1!1111
 
   
Made in us
Revving Ravenwing Biker




New York City

"Knowledge is power" I'm surprised this one wasn't already posted. This one is very true to me.

I will forever remain humble because I know I could have less.
I will always be grateful because I remember I've had less. 
   
Made in ph
Battleship Captain




Calixis Sector

A narrow view sees better.

"In every age, in every place, the deeds of men remain the same" 
   
Made in gb
Regular Dakkanaut






Come on guys. Stop quoting Dawn of War...

 Flinty wrote:
You could always just strap SPACE MARINES to the arms and SPACE MARINE the SPACE MARINES!!1!1111
 
   
Made in gb
Twisted Trueborn with Blaster






'Ruthlessness is the kindness of the wise'

I represent the Surrey Spartans gaming group. Check us out and feel free to come along for a game! https://www.facebook.com/groups/425689674233804/
Tzeentch Daemons 2000pts
Kabal of the Sundering Strike 2500pts
Eldar Corsairs 750pts
400pts Corregidor/Nomads
300pts Yu Jing
200pts+ each of Imperial and Rebel fleets for X-Wing
A Terran Alliance and Dindrenzi Fleet for Firestorm Armada
A Necromunda Goliath gang and Spyrer gang 
   
Made in ph
Battleship Captain




Calixis Sector

Cowards die in vain.

"In every age, in every place, the deeds of men remain the same" 
   
Made in us
Stalwart Space Marine




Here's my personal favorite that I have made for my homebrew Chapter...

"We are the Lunar Guard, descending into battle!
We will not return until we are victorious, or defeated!
If we are defeated, we shall rise again as the moon does each night!
If we are victorious, we shall purge corruption!
WE ARE SPACE MARINES!"


Also, I can't remember this guy's name... But his famous last words... He used to be Imperial, so not sure if that counts. I can't fricken remember his name to save my life.

"I ain't got time to die! I'M TOO BUSY!"

I ain't got time to die, I'm too busy exterminating!

Now, we descend into battle like Angels from on high. The Emperor depends upon us as his messengers, and we shall know no fear! WE ARE SPACE MARINES!

Space Marines can only be male because marine implants only take with the male physiology. Males and females have differing hormone levels in terms of estrogen, testoterone, etc. Thank you for reading this. 
   
Made in gb
Angered Reaver Arena Champion




Connah's Quay, North Wales

 Brother Axel wrote:
Come on guys. Stop quoting Dawn of War...


NEVER!

''Terror my meat, Pain my wine!''

'' We come to dance the dance of death'' (it just rolls off the tounge )

'' The febal human over compensates'' Dow 2 with warlock vs chaos lord with daemon muel. He's making fun of the chaos lors junk LOL

 
   
 
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