Quotes About Valor

Cowards die many times before their death. The valiant never taste of death but once." —Shakespeare (Julius Caesar, Act II, Scene II)

They died hard, those savage men - like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy, and they were lousy, and they stunk. And I loved them.

Honor is a fool's prize. Glory is of no use to the dead.

Honor is for the living. Dead is dead.

None but the brave deserves the fair.

Where life is more terrible than death, it is then the truest valor to dare to live.

The gospel alone liberates you to live a life of scandalous generosity, unrestrained sacrifice, uncommon valor, and unbounded courage.

Cowards live for the sake of living, but for heroes, life is a weapon, a thing to be spent, a gift to be given to the weak and the lost and the weary, even to the foolish and the cowardly.

Often, what allows someone to behave heroically in dire circumstances is unpalatable in day-to-day life.

One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name

Courage is on display every day, and only the courageous wring the most out of life.

There is nothing nobler than risking your life for your country.

You always hear all these statements like "Freedom isn't free." You hear the President talking about all these people making sacrifices. But you never really know until you carry one of them in a casket. When you feel their bodyweight. When you feel them. That's when you know. That's when you understand.

the medals no one will ever wear should be the ones that reflect the most.

History is littered with dead good men.

The smell of it. The feel of it." He rubbed one hand up and down the stained sheath of his sword, making a faint swishing sound. "War is honest. There's no lying to it. You don't have to say sorry here. Don't have to hide. You cannot. If you die? So what? You die among friends. Among worthy foes. You die looking the Great Leveller in the eye. If you live? Well, lad that's living, isn't it? A man isn't truly alive until he's facing death." Whirrun stamped his foot into the sod. "I love war!

Fools boast of what they will do. Heroes do it.

Got to have fear to have courage,

You have to have fear to have courage.

Madmen and fools feel no fear. Heroes fear and face the danger anyway.

Unsheathe your swords!' He considered that. 'Or cheaper weapons! Let us ... do some good!

They are honourable and precious to me, these books, in proportion to their great heroism. They are like members of a suicide squad who do not hesitate to engage the enormously superior enemy, life, upon my behalf.

Being brave meant that though you might be frightened, you would face the greatest danger if you knew it was the right thing to do.

Real heroes are those who face death for a principle - say, to save the lives of others - without any promise of reward.