In Swords and Sandals 2 when you level up the game gives you an inspirational phrase. These are the phrases the game gives you when you reach a level.
| Level | Inspirational Phrase |
|---|---|
| 2 | A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. |
| 3 | The toughest part of getting to the top of the ladder is getting through the crowd at the bottom. |
| 4 | Don't ask for a light load, but rather ask for a strong back. |
| 5 | Obstacles are those terrible things you see when you take your eyes off your goals. |
| 6 | If the going is easy, beware ... for you may be headed downhill. |
| 7 | The willow knows what the storm does not - that the power to endure harm outlives the power to inflict it. |
| 8 | No dreamer is ever too small, no dream is ever too big. |
| 9 | Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. |
| 10 | If you have faith, even as small as a mustard seed, you can say to the mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will move. |
| 11 | There is no chance, no fate, no destiny that can hinder a determined soul. |
| 12 | Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. |
| 13 | To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself. |
| 14 | Perserverance has a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. |
| 15 | Without courage, one cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. |
| 16 | A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. |
| 17 | Accept challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory. |
| 18 | Throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. |
| 19 | You need faith for the same reasons it is so hard to find. |
| 20 | To succeed, find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you. |
| 21 | A man is not old until regrets start taking place of dreams. |
| 22 | People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing. |
| 23 | You really can change the world if you care enough. |
| 24 | Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. |
| 25 | If there is no struggle, there is no progress. |
| 26 | A man's dreams are an index to his greatness. |
| 27 | Now is the time. Needs are great, but your possibilities are greater. |
| 28 | The wisest mind has something yet to learn. |
| 29 | Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. |
| 30 | The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet. |
| 31 | The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials. |
| 32 | We will either find a way, or we will make one. |
| 33 | Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together. |
| 34 | Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved. |
| 35 | Nothing great will ever be achieved without great mean, and men are great only if they are determined to be so. |
| 36 | The man who always fights one more round is never beaten. |
| 37 | Greatness does not approach him who is forever looking down. |
| 38 | Be not afraid of greatness; some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them. |
| 39 | No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men. |
| 40 | A great man will not trample upon a worm, nor sneak to an emperor. |
| 41 | To achieve great things we must live as if we were never going to die. |
| 42 | What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us. |
| 43 | He who reigns within himself and rules his passions, desires, and fears is more than a king. |
| 44 | Winning is everything, to win is all there is. Only those poor souls buried beneath the battlefield understand this. |
| 45 | Every soldier knows the harder the battle, the more glorious the victory. |
| 46 | Who overcomes by force, hath overcome but half his foe. |
| 47 | A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral. |
| 48 | The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible. |
| 49 | Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. |
| 50 | Congratulations, you have reached the maximum level possible for this game. All that remains is to slay the Emperor and become Champion. |