Quotes About Valor

Is it really worth it to die, to be dead, just to prove to everybody that you're not a coward?

The men and women who protected them and would one day live in Valhalla required no recompense other than their own self-respect.

In situations where the sane flee from danger, law enforcement officers sprint to engage it.

ordinary people can have depths of courage

What does a female knight do? What all knights do. She goes out and slays dragons. When she's back at the castle, she's wooing fair maidens or handsome men.

If you put on the military uniform, you're a prima facie hero. Generals are the epitome of that. They're the ones who have been most successful at the soldier's trade.

Before running for office, I was an A-10 squadron commander with 325 combat hours. During my time in uniform and since coming to the House and taking up the fight to keep the plane, I have heard countless stories from American soldiers about how the A-10 saved their lives.

The people who are sending our men and women in uniform into conflict need to understand that there are some things worth fighting for, but also understand the high cost of war.

When I joined the special forces it was never for the money. It was for pure desire to serve in an elite unit.

I'm not exaggerating when I say that the 761st was Patton's best tank unit and nobody knew about it.

Many gave their lives - the ultimate sacrifice - to defend the United States.

I'm always have been in my life a big protector of women. If I see a guy slap a girl I would rip their head off; I'm very like that.

The brave and capable women who served in Iraq and Afghanistan have performed admirably.

We are much mistaken if we think that men are always brave from a principle of valor, or women chaste from a principle of modesty.

Police officers are the best of us. And the men and women, white, African-American, Asian, Latino, Hispanic, they put their lives on the line every single day.

He [John Le Carré] really paid tribute to the people who are willing to risk their own lives to fight injustice - they are greater men and women than I.

If you want to breed something, breed bravehearts, not soulless racehorses.

I long to be in the Field again, doing my part to keep the old flag up, with all its stars.

The more wit the less courage.

Many would be cowards if they had courage enough.

I hope people learn to appreciate our people in uniform. These aren't guys who just shoot 'em up. They plan. And they are extremely intelligent.

I shall bere your noble fame, for ye spake a grete worde and fulfilled it worshipfully.

Of the eight, seven had served in the war. Two had medals to show for it, including Smith, awarded a Silver Star for carrying two badly burned fellow soldiers out of a demolished tank and through hostile fire. Six had attended college and four, including Boggs, had diplomas (a graduation rate exponentially higher than the white cops').

These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives everything its value.