Quotes About Valor

A hero is a man who does what he can.

The best mask for demoralization is daring.

For it's Tommy this an' Tommy that, and "Chuck 'im out, the brute." But it's "Savior of 'is country," when the guns begin to shoot.

But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract.

The mean of true valor lies between the extremes of cowardice and rashness.

Not the glittering weapon fights the fight, but rather the hero's heart.

But to use it, instead of being used by it, that took more, Peabody determined. It took what she could only define as valor.

Diese Haltung zur Opferung von Menschenleben ist seltsam. Militärbefehlshaber überlegen nicht zweimal, wenn sie Soldaten in die Schlacht schicken und dabei genau wissen, dass viele von ihnen sterben werden. [...] Andererseits verbietet es der Offiziersethos, einzelne Soldaten auszuwählen und ihnen zu befehlen, ihr Leben zu opfern [...]. Und doch - und das ist noch paradoxer - werden Soldaten, die eine solche Tat aus eigener Initiative vollbringen, als Helden betrachtet.

It is far easier to see brave men die than to hear a coward beg for life.

What was accomplished in 'Band of Brothers' was incredible, from the writing and producing to the performances of the actors who honored all those men that fought bravely and gave the ultimate sacrifice for the freedoms we enjoy today.

Pleasant it to behold great encounters of warfare arrayed over the plains, with no part of yours in peril.

If any honor existed in war, it was in fighting to protect others from harm

I don't think that anybody in any war thinks of themselves as a hero. The minute anybody presumes that they are heroes, they get their boots taken away from them and buried in the sand.

Let the world see that this nation can bear prosperity; and that her honest virtue in time of peace is equal to her bravest valor in time of war.

It is the object only of war that makes it honorable.

It is war's prize to take all vantages; And ten to one is no impeach of valor.

It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather, we should thank God that such men lived.

One day my grandson said to me, grandpa were you a hero in the war? And i said to him no I'm not a hero, but I have served in a company full of them.

You shall not hear their mirth:You shall not come to think them well contentBy any jest of mine. These men are worthYour tears:You are not worth their merriment.

A young body, a young heart, and endless courage. That last part is the most important. Don't let anyone tell you any differently. Why do you think we used to send so many kids your age off to war?

The atrocities of war are only overshadowed by the heroism of their dead.

Soldiers are not trained for retire

Come forth, Paladins!Fulfill your destiny!

We belong to a nation, whose fate is to shoot at the enemy with diamonds.