Quotes About Valor

He loved chivalrye Trouthe and honour, freedom and curteisye.

Turkish soldiers are very brave. They love their homeland and they do not hesitate to give their lives for it if necessary.

People sacrificed immensely to bring about what we have now. In many cases, they literally died for it—and we should act with some respect for that fact.

Seja velório rico, seja pobre, exige-se, porém, constante e necessária, a boa cachacinha; tudo pode faltar, mesmo café, só ela é indispensável; sem seu conforto não há velório que se preze. Velório sem cachaça é desconsideração ao falecido, significa indiferença e desamor.

tragedy in the theater opens our eyes so that we can discover and appreciate the heroic in reality.

Whoe'er is brave and virtuous, is a Roman.

That the GIs on Omaha Beach did indeed possess the essential fighting skills to save the day has become an elemental moral of American history. No one realized it at the time, particularly the unfortunate men who were subjected to the enemy's relentless barrage of bullets and shells, but Omaha Beach would become one of those exceptional moments in history when Americans defined themselves by their actions as a people worthy of the principles upon which the nation was founded.

Man only honors what he conquers or defends.

A fourteen-year-old lad crouching with his bazooka behind a ruined wall on a burned out street is worth more to the nation than ten intellectuals who attempt to prove that our chances now are nil.

Well done," Fireheart meowed. "You fought like a warrior.

An honorable warrior does not need to kill other cats to win his battles.

Pfc. Leonard J. Savitskie and his driver jumped into the car and swung its .50-caliber machine gun on the Krauts. An enemy mortar opened up behind the building and Savitskie, with a hand grenade, raced from his car behind the building under small-arms fire, lobbed the grenade and destroyed mortar and crew. The one-man task force then got into his armored

Hemos perdido mucho, tal vez todo, también el honor. Nos queda una cosa: el glorioso recuerdo del más maravilloso ejército que jamás haya existido y del más grandioso combate que jamás haya tenido lugar. Mantener su memoria en medio de esta época de renegados y de atrofia moral es el más altivo deber de todo aquel que luchó por la causa de Alemania no sólo con el fusil y la granada de mano sino también con el alma y el corazón.

Si el miedo no existiera, carecería de sentido el valor; el miedo es la sombra oscura contra cuyo trasfondo aparece más multicolor y atrayente el riesgo.

El valor es el viento que conduce a costas lejanas, la llave de todos los tesoros, el martillo que forja grandes imperios

As I looked at the stains on the coral, I recalled some of the eloquent phrases of politicians and newsmen about how "gallant" it is for a man to "shed his blood for his country

I was never awarded an individual decoration, but the simple, sincere personal remarks of approval by my veteran comrade that night after Peleliu were like a medal to me. I have carried them in my heart with great pride and satisfaction ever since.

Courage meant overcoming fear and doing one's duty in the presence of danger, not being unafraid.

Memorial Day reminds us that our freedom and prosperity comes at a cost.

Once you're in the presence of people who have put their lives actively on the line, repeatedly, you're never allowed to complain again. And I do, and we all do. But now I look at things a little differently.

Feigheit wird manchmal belohnt.

Life is simple," I said. "Ale, women, sword, and reputation. Nothing else matters.

This is the violet hour, the hour of hush and wonder, when the affections glow and valor is reborn, when the shadows deepen along the edge of the forest and we believe that, if we watch carefully, at any moment we may see the unicorn

The attribute most noble of the hand Is readiness in giving; of the head, Bending before a teacher; of the mouth, Veracious speaking; of a victor?s arms, Undaunted valour; of the inner heart, Pureness the most unsullied; of the ears, Delight in hearing and receiving truth?These are adornments of high-minded men, Better than all the majesty of Empire.