Quotes About Valor

There comes a time, Laurana, when you've got to risk your life for something you believe in—something that means more than life itself.

There comes a time, Laurana, when you've got to risk your life for something you believe in -- something that means more than life itself.

Est Sularus oth Mithas"—"My honor is life." The code defined honor and was more

It's in this valor, human, absurd, that I see true grace.

What mattered in combat, what really mattered, was not only understanding why you asked men to risk their lives, but making them understand. Men would willingly risk their lives, but they needed to know that it counted. And they needed to know they had a chance.

Nearly everyone had a father or uncles who had fought in World War II or Korea, or both, and many had grandfathers who had fought in World War I. War was stitched deep in the idea of manhood.

All brave men are slightly stupid.

Sir Lamda Mewnew and Sir Omicron Pie

Sir Lamda Mewnew and Sir Omicron Pie had thrice

There he heard that Major Thomas, the commander of B Company, had been killed while single-handedly rushing a German machine gun. 'Very gallant,' observed Partridge, 'but I had long since learned that dead soldiers do not win battles, and my prime duty was to stay alive and preserve the lives of as many others as possible.

In days when men were men (And you should have seen us then)

How can it ever be right to wreck A man because he's time by the clock As an elderly man grizzled and gray, Who long ago struggled at your side Mopping the copious Manly sweat from his brow When he bravely fought at Marathon In defense of our city.

We become brave by doing brave acts.

Courage is the mother of all virtues because without it, you cannot consistently perform the others.

A courageous person is one who faces fearful things as he ought and as reason directs for the sake of what is noble.

You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.

But to die to escape from poverty or love or anything painful is not the mark of a brave man, but rather of a coward;

É belo morrer antes de se fazer algo digno da morte. - Anaxândrias

could one make up for lack of moral courage by proving physical bravery?

There are heroisms all round us waiting to be done.

Well, said the haut prince, this day must noble knights joust.

I'll listen, till my fancy hears The clang of swords' the crash of spears! These grates, these walls, shall vanish then For the fair field of fighting men, And my free spirit burst away, As if it soared from battle fray.

No yield to the dead! Never stab the fighter when he's down. Where's the glory, killing the dead twice over?

I will suffer nothing as great as death without glory.