Quotes About Valor

The very purpose of a knight is to fight on behalf of a lady.

for it is better that we slay a coward, than through a coward all we to be slain.

Ah, bella damigella, dignità, virtù e valore non sono riposti solo nell'abbigliamento! esclamò Balin. La virilità e l'onore sono celati nella persona, e vi sono molti insigni cavalieri ignoti a tutti, a riprova che il pregio e l'ardimento non hanno alcun rapporto con le vesti che indossano.

Legends were not only for the desperate. Legends were for the brave. (Soren)

I used it to save the lives of my men." That

I would rather lay down my life for others' freedom than die quietly in slavery.

For tonight,I'm St George,ready to slay any number of dragons to rescue a fair maiden. Would you care to mount my fiery steed?

Courage is always rewarded.

Battle is a way of life, a necessary function of the worthiest members of society.

Gwynned lies two days westwards; still further south, the weregeld calls. Mayhap with All-Father Woden's favour, my deeds may yet inspire the skalds.

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

The nation which forgets its defenders will itself be forgotten.

Heroism is not only in the man, but in the occasion.

Live for something rather than die for nothing.

Live free or die; death is not the worst of evils.

The ideal of all Soldiers'.

He was of knyghthod and of fredom flour.

He was a verray, parfit gentil knyght.

They may be surprised to find how tough a warrior code the chivalry of medieval times was and how much it valued sheer prowess.

The valor that struggles is better than the weakness that endures.

The spiritual aspect of valor is evidenced by composure—calm presence of mind. Tranquility is courage in repose.

Nietzsche spoke for the samurai heart when he wrote, "You are to be proud of your enemy; then, the success of your enemy is your success also." Indeed valor and honor alike required that we should own as enemies in war only such as prove worthy of being friends in peace.

Tranquillity is courage in repose. It is a statical manifestation of valor, as daring deeds are a dynamical. A truly brave man is ever serene; he is never taken by surprise; nothing ruffles the equanimity of his spirit.

Chivalry is itself the poetry of life. —SCHLEGEL, Philosophy of History.