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Quotes About Valor

José Antonio Primo de Rivera repetía como si fuera suya: «A última hora siempre ha sido un pelotón de soldados el que ha salvado la civilización».
~ Javier Cercas
Vale la pena luchar por la libertad; vale la pena pagar un alto precio por ella, porque morir por la libertad es dejar esta vida en un derroche de gloria que destruye nuestras debilidades del pasado y nos vuelve uno con los héroes
~ Jean Plaidy
Mi talento consistía en saber decir a los hombres verdades útiles, pero duras, con bastante valor y energía;
~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Nada hay que influya más sobre mi corazón que un acto de valor hecho a propósito, en favor del débil injustamente oprimido. En
~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Now nothing can be more important than that the work of a soldier should be well done.
~ Plato
Soldiers win battles and generals get the medals.
~ Napoleon Bonaparte
I was a big fan of Indiana Jones; then I realized he was kind of a fake hero. The real heroes are the people who work hard and do their stuff right, like firefighters and policemen.
~ Nathan Gamble
I think it's long overdue, and I believed that Doris Miller should have been honored a long time ago.
~ Bill Flores
Virtus, the quality of a vir, was the ultimate Roman ideal, that lustrous fusion of energy and courage which the Romans themselves identified as their chiefest strength.
~ Tom Holland
Even when they have been felled, let alone when they are still standing and fighting, they never disgrace themselves
~ Tom Holland
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 county; 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, 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.
~ Unknown
If you're not afraid, how can you be really brave?
~ Tove Jansson
for if you're not afraid how can you be really brave? (Moominpappa)
~ Tove Jansson
The President regards the Japanese as a brave people but courage, though useful in time of war, is subordinate to knowledge of arts hence, courage without such knowledge is not to be highly esteemed.
~ Townsend Harris
No, no." Boar raised his hands. "That's not the interesting part of the story, milord. The interesting part is that the Dragonslayer confessed his lies because a dragon showed up in Valor and demanded the treasure back.
~ Tui T. Sutherland
Much more interesting news than that, sir," said Boar. As the Invincible Lord scowled, he hurried on. "There was an incident in Valor, my lord. The Dragonslayer is no longer in charge. In fact, he admitted in front of the entire town that he never killed that dragon after all.
~ Tui T. Sutherland
This is the part where I die pointlessly. The one who gets sacrificed so the real heroes can get on with saving the day.
~ Tui T. Sutherland
The more a victory cost, the more it was esteemed.
~ Patrick O'Brian
was an officer holding out his sword
~ Patrick O'Brian
Arma virumque cano
~ Patrick O'Brian
Perhaps I am no great judge of what is honourable, sir,' said Dillon. 'I speak as a mere fighting man.
~ Patrick O'Brian
She showed courage and that's the most difficult thing in the world for any human being to show
~ Paul Scott
In a false quarrel there is no true valor.
~ William Shakespeare
To move is to stir, and to be valiant is to stand; therefore, if tou art mov'd, thou runst away. (To be angry is to move, to be brave is to stand still. Therefore, if you're angry, you'll run away.)
~ William Shakespeare