Valor Quotes

• Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Veterans Day, Memorial Day, Courage

  Attributed to "Essais" by Michel de Montaigne, 1595.

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• Even against the greatest of odds, there is something in the human spirit - a magic blend of skill, faith, and valor - that can lift men from certain defeat to incredible victory.

  Walter Lord

  Courage, Men, Skills

  Walter Lord (2012). “Incredible Victory: The Battle of Midway”, p.6, Open Road Media

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• Four things support the world: the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the good, and the valor of the brave

  Elijah Muhammad

  Wise, Memorial Day, Prayer

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• Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it until the test comes.

  Carl Sandburg

  Veterans Day, Tests, Thank You Veteran

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• In valor there is hope.

  Tacitus

  Veterans Day, Memorial Day, Courage

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• Real valor consists not in being insensible to danger; but in being prompt to confront and disarm it.

  Walter Scott

  Inspirational, Motivation, Real

  Walter Scott (1875). “Waverley Novels: Peveril of the Peak”, p.79

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• The valor that struggles is better than the weakness that endures.

  Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

  Courage, Struggle, Weakness

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• Tough times test your valor, persistence and ability to make decisions. They force you to fight for your dreams.

  Paulo Coelho

  Dream, Fighting, Persistence

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• Valor is strength, not of legs and arms, but of heart and soul; it consists not in the worth of our horse or our weapons, but in our own.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Horse, Heart, Soul

  Michel de Montaigne (1958). “Complete Essays”, p.157, Stanford University Press

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• Valor is the soldier's adornment.

  Livy

  Military, Soldier, Adornment

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• If all men were just there would be no need of valor.

  Agesilaus II

  Men, Would Be, Needs

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• Sing your death song and die like a hero going home.

  Tecumseh

  Death, Song, Hero

  "A Sourcebook for Earth's Community of Religions". Book by Joel Diederik Beversluis, 1993.

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• Valor consists in the power of self recovery.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Courage, Recovery, Power

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1981). “The Portable Emerson: New Edition”, p.179, Penguin

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• Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back.

  Publilius Syrus

  Memorial Day, Courage, Fear

  "Sentences". Collection by Publilius Syrus. Maxim 63,

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• Then what difference does human striving make: mortal struggle, valor, pain? If you live, then live for the test of spirit, for the celebration of the heart. Live to fight on other days. Lose your beloveds one by one. And remember. Exalt the kiss of friend and horse and wind and sun, which venality cannot cheapen nor stupidity belittle.

  Janet Morris

  Horse, Pain, War

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

  Thomas Browne

  Life, Death, Warrior

  Sir Thomas Browne (1831). “Miscellaneous Works of Sir Thomas Browne: With Some Account of the Author and His Writings”, p.82

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• Valor is common but great souls are rare.

  Bernard-Joseph Saurin

  Soul, Common, Great Souls

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• Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the whole world.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Courage, Perfect, World

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• The better part of valor is discretion, in the which better part I have saved my life.

  William Shakespeare

  Offering Advice, Valour, Discretion

  "The Plays and Poems of Shakspeare".

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• When your time comes to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home.

  Tecumseh

  Life, Death, Wisdom

  "A Sourcebook for Earth's Community of Religions". Book by Joel Diederik Beversluis, 1993.

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• Live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.

  Tecumseh

  Inspirational, Appreciation, Fear

  "A Sourcebook for Earth's Community of Religions". Book by Joel Diederik Beversluis, 1993.

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• Courage makes a man more than himself; for he is then himself plus his valor.

  William Rounseville Alger

  Courage, Men, Plus

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• When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength.

  Tecumseh

  Thankful, Gratitude, Morning

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• There is always safety in valor.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Safety

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.913, Library of America

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• Valor is the contempt of death and pain.

  Tacitus

  Pain, Contempt

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