Quotes About Gallantry

Nunca hubo caballero que salvase a dama con tanta gallardía y discreción.» Es de Chrétien de Troyes.

It was here that Sir Walter Raleigh laid his cloak upon the ground so that Queen Elizabeth would not have to dirty her slippers in a puddle.

Until you've seen them, you have no conception of their courage.

Societal civility is the extension and expansion of individual gallantry: it's all about—or ought to be about—balance and restraint

People are capable of incredible gallantry and terrible cruelty in situations of extreme duress. I tried to showcase that range in 'Enclave.'

To Mareme, he nodded politely. At Cyrion he smiled with love.

In American, the gentlemen obey the ladies.

Det er en kjedelig uvane som særlig går ut over damene, å måtte låne ut leppene til hvem som helst som har tre tjenere på slep, uansett hvor frastøtende han er.

You look at me with eyes that see only honor and gallantry. The truth is darker yet. Being Sonja means being called to darkness and pain. And knowing that you have the power to alter and take the lives of many. A great many. And praying to the gods that you always choose the right side.

I hold the door for the ladies - I'm a gent.

The establishment of the dual Austro-Hungarian monarchy in 1867 had brought an interlude of peace and prosperity, and a lifting of restrictions against Jews, to a country best known, according to Klári von Neumann, "for the gallantry of its men, the beauty of its women, and last, but not least, for its hopelessly unhappy and unlucky history.

Chivalry is itself the poetry of life. —SCHLEGEL, Philosophy of History.

The gallantry and aggressive fighting spirit of the Russian soldiers command the American army's admiration.

Gentlemanly behavior isn't just opening doors: to make an impression, you have to be concerned over a lady's needs at least as much as your own.

In the songs all knights are gallant, all maids are beautiful, and the sun is always shining.

It is chivalry that makes a true knight, not a sword.

Is that gallantry I smell, or just stupidity? The two scents are much alike, as I recall.

Chivalry is the most delicate form of contempt.

Calculation never made a hero.

Let's drink to the spirit of gallantry and courage that made a strange Heaven out of unbelievable Hell, and let's drink to the hope that one day this country of ours, which we love so much, will find dignity and greatness and peace again.

To risk life to save a smile on a face of a woman or a child is the secret of chivalry.

The greater man the greater courtesy.

I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more, is none

When a woman dresses up for an occasion, the man should become the black velvet pillow for the jewel.