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Quotes About Bravery

A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.
~ Thomas Jefferson
There is no glory in battle worth the blood it costs.
~ Dwight D. Eisenhower
The more comfort the less courage there is.
~ Alexander Suvorov
All wars are boyish, and are fought by boys.
~ Herman Melville
In war nothing is impossible, provided you use audacity.
~ George S. Patton
The safety of the country is at stake... We must let ourselves be killed on the spot rather than retreat... No faltering can be tolerated today.
~ Joseph Joffre
I have never in my life taken a command into battle and had the slightest desire to come out alive unless I won.
~ Philip Sheridan
I would fight them if they were a million!
~ Albert Sidney Johnston
Few men are brave by nature, but good discipline and experience make many so.
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks.
~ Napoleon Bonaparte
Virginians! With me! Who will come with me!?
~ Lewis Armistead
The gallantry and aggressive fighting spirit of the Russian soldiers command the American army's admiration.
~ George C. Marshall
Every position must be held to the last man. There must be no retirement. With our backs to the wall, and believing in the justice of our cause, each one of us must fight to the end.
~ Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig
Having been born into the house of a warrior, one's intentions should be to grasp the long and the short swords and to die.
~ Kato Kiyomasa
The bullet is a mad thing; only the bayonet knows what it is about.
~ Alexander Suvorov
Happy are men who yet before they are killed Can let their veins run cold.
~ Wilfred Owen
These are the boys of Pointe du Hoc. These are the men who took the cliffs. These are the champions who helped free a continent. These are the heroes who helped end a war.
~ Ronald Reagan
The Way of the Samurai is found in death. When it comes to either/or, there is only the quick choice of death. It is not particularly difficult. Be determined and advance.
~ Nabeshima Naoshige
The most noble fate a man can endure is to place his own mortal body between his loved home and the war's desolation.
~ Robert A. Heinlein
If a man does not investigate into the matter of bushido daily, it will be difficult for him to die a brave and manly death.
~ Kato Kiyomasa
It is only when aggression is legitimate that one can expect prodigies of valour.
~ Michel Ney
Ares (The God of War) hates those who hesitate.
~ Euripides
Throw your soldiers into positions whence there is no escape, and they will prefer death to flight. If they will face death, there is nothing they may not achieve.
~ Sun Tzu
Forward, forward, men! Drive those fellows out of those woods! Forward! For God's sake forward!
~ John F. Reynolds