Quotes About Valor

It is a brave act of valor to contemn death, but where life is more terrible than death, it is then the truest valor to dare to live

The incessant noise of gunfire filled him with anxiety and excitement; he started trembling all over, shaking his head from side to side like a frightened horse. But he wasn't afraid. Not at all! He wasn't afraid! He welcomed, he embraced, the idea of death. It would be a beautiful death for this lost cause. It would be better than crouching in trenches as they did in '14. Now they fought in the open air, beneath the beautiful June sun or in the brilliant moonlight

There is no merit to discipline under ideal circumstances. I must have it in the face of death or it is worthless.

Heroism is a badly remunerated occupation, and often it leads to an early end, which is why it appeals to fanatics or persons with an unhealthy fascination with death.

Charles had perished in Italy, like hundreds of other Japanese-Americans in the 442nd Infantry Regiment, which became known as the Purple Heart Battalion due to the extraordinary number of medals for valor it had been awarded. That regiment, made up entirely of nisei, was the most decorated in US military history

The whole point of being in the Army is wanting to get killed, wanting to test yourself to the limits. Now you have to fly 15,000ft above the war zone to avoid getting hit. I don't think there is any point in having wars if that's how you're going to behave. It's pathetic. All this whining!

Very few people know someone who would voluntarily go into a war zone to protect a person he has never met. I know 1,000 of them, and I am proud that they are part of our team.

Only those Americans who are willing to die for their country are fit to live.

True bravery is shown by performing without witness what one might be capable of doing before all the world.

None but the brave deserves the fair.

Physical bravery is an animal instinct; moral bravery is a much higher and truer courage.

Valour is nobleness of the mind.

None but the brave deserve the fair.

The weapon of the brave is in his heart.

A man of courage never wants weapons.

A brave arm makes a short sword long.

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

Courage leads starward, fear toward death.

Courage is the right disposition toward fear.

Courage is a scorner of things which inspire fear.

We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger.

The better part of valour is discretion.

He fights with spirit as well as with the sword.

Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds.