Quotes About Valor

God hates a coward. I don't actually believe this is true. But it's something to aim for.

Draw your sword with honour, sheathe it with courage. - Shatai-kaj motto

A hero is, in the words of Joseph Campbell, "someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself."2

A sad, wise valor is the brave complexion.

What an admirable training is science for the more active warfare of life! Indeed, the unchallenged bravery which these studies imply, is far more impressive than the trumpeted valor of the warrior.

THAT FROM THESE HONORED DEAD WE TAKE INCREASED DEVOTION TO THAT CAUSE FOR WHICH THEY GAVE THE LAST FULL MEASURE OF DEVOTION;...

Gold is good in its place, but living, brave, patriotic men are better than gold.

For Ares, lord of strife, Who doth the swaying scales of battle hold, War's money-changer, giving dust for gold, Sends back, to hearts that held them dear, Scant ash of warriors, wept with many a tear, Light to the hand, but heavy to the soul; Yea, fills the light urn full With what survived the flame— Death's dusty measure of a hero's frame!

The hero is brave in deeds as well as words.

SavaÅŸta verilen ilk kay?p gerçektir.

Of course, the strippers also take pains not to appear too innocent, valorous, or bookishly inclined. (In direct opposition to the Swayze Mandate of 1987, everybody puts Baby in a goddamn corner.)

I will give you a sheath worthy of your sword.

May I deal with honour May I act with courage May I achieve humility

One day my grandson said to me, grandpa were you a hero in the war? And i said to him no I'm not a hero, but I have served in a company full of them.

I Treasure a remark to my grandson who asked, "Grandpa were you a hero in the war?" Grandpa said, "No.... but I served in a company of heroes". - Mike Ranney

Floyd Talbert wrote shortly before his death, "Dick, you are loved and will never be forgotten by any soldier who ever served under you. You are the best friend I ever had…you were my ideal, and motor in combat…you are to me the greatest soldier I could ever hope to meet.

We knew thee of old,O divinely restored,By the light of thine eyesAnd the light of thy sword.From the graves of our slainShall thy valor prevailAs we greet thee again—Hail, Liberty! Hail!

Pero Facundo (...) logró sofocar el alzamiento y reconciliarse por este acto de valor con la sociedad, y ponerse bajo la protección de la patria, consiguiendo que su nombre volase por todas partes, ennoblecido y lavado, aunque con sangre, de las manchas que lo afeaban.

A man does the right thing, does his duty and does it bravely.

Fair and good [kalòn … agathòn] the man who falls fighting in the front rank, dying for the fatherland.

There is nothing worth living for, unless it is worth dying for.

There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.

I am no martyr upon cross, but I would gladly give my life so that those more deserving may live.

We are fully justified in valuing the life and person of an intended victim more highly than the life of a pernicious assailant. The attacker must be stopped. At once and completely.