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Quotes About Valor

Daring is the thing for a fighting man to be remembered by.
~ Catherine Fisher
My heart is not a home for cowards. D. ANTOINETTE FOY
~ Catherine Gildiner
Even though he said no store in uncanny things, he was soldier enough to value with whatever weapon came to hand.
~ Geraldine Brooks
David was at his best in group settings, soldier enough to join in the raucous jests, king enough to make it matter that he remembered some moments of bravery or sacrifice, and praised each man accordingly.
~ Geraldine Brooks
You are brave if you entered the battle. Don 't let your bravery wane during the battle. Don 't just stay brave, become braver.
~ Goa Kerle
A brave arm makes a short sword long enough.
~ French proverb
Justice is the foundation of courage...
~ James Murray, 1780
Fear alone is real death to the brave man.
~ Proverb
A coward's fear makes a brave man braver.
~ Proverb
Firefighters are hot stuff!
~ Author Unknown
Firemen never die, they just burn forever in the hearts of the people whose lives they saved.
~ Susan Diane Murphree
So as you look at the firefighter with his rake, hose or axe, His beet red face or ice covered mustache, You should know why he goes through that smoky front door, And is forced to crawl like a baby down on the floor. He does it to save both lives and property, All that is precious to you and to me. So take a good look at this modern warrior who serves his call proud and true, And know that he would die just to save me and you.
~ Robert J. Athans, unverified
You have to do something in your life that is honorable and not cowardly if you are to live in peace with yourself, and for the firefighter it is fire.
~ Larry Brown, On Fire, 1993
He whirled with fierce passion on me: 'Don't you ever let yourself grow old, lad. Die when you're young, or you'll come to this. I'm tellin' you sure. Seven an' eighty years am I, an' served my country like a man. Three good conduct stripes and the Victoria Cross, an' this is what I get for it. I wish I was dead, I wish I was dead. Can't come any too quick for me, I tell you.
~ Jack London
Animava-o a coragem que o medo dá.
~ Jack London
Where cowards never venture, heroes find splendor. So
~ Jack Vance
Madouc took up the manure fork and raised it on high. Pymfyd dodged and threw his arm over his head. 'What are you up to?' 'Patience, Pymfyd! This tool symbolises a sword of fine steel!' Madouc touched the fork to Pymfyd's head. 'For notable valour on the field of combat, I dub you Sir Pom-pom, and by this title shall you be known henceforth. Arise, Sir Pom-pom! In my eyes, at least, you have proved your mettle!
~ Jack Vance
Nema herojskog doba- postoje samo herojski ljudi.
~ Jacob Burckhardt
A valuable possession of a people is its first heroic epic.
~ Jacob Burckhardt
Battle for the sake of honor may be a fine thing for bards to sing of, but it is no way to preserve one's homeland
~ Jacqueline Carey
To have courage. To have honor. Is very beautiful.
~ James A. Michener
His dad asked Bud what the decorations meant. All the Samuel B. Roberts survivor could say in reply was they meant that he had not dishonored his mother.
~ James D. Hornfischer
Forget decorated generals, tell me about Private Ryan.
~ Dejan Stojanovic
Where I come from, real men stand up and face their opponents with honor and integrity.
~ Todd Wilcox