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Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back. -- Publilius Syrus
Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul. -- Michel de Montaigne
Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the whole world. -- Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards. -- Tacitus
There is always safety in valor. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
True valor lies between cowardice and rashness. -- Miguel de Cervantes
Valor is common but great souls are rare. -- Bernard-Joseph Saurin
Valor consists in the power of self recovery. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
In a false quarrel there is no true valor. -- William Shakespeare
America is hope. It is compassion. It is excellence. It is valor. -- Paul Tsongas
Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it until the test comes. -- Carl Sandburg
Conquest is the missionary of valor, and the hard impact of military virtues beats meanness out of the world. -- Walter Bagehot
Possessed with a full confidence of the certain success which British valor must gain over such enemies, I have led you up these steep and dangerous rocks, only solicitous to show you the foe within your reach. -- James Wolfe
Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it till the test comes. And those having it in one test never know for sure if they will have it when the next test comes. -- Napoleon Bonaparte
In valor there is hope. -- Tacitus
Valor is superior to number. -- Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus
Discretion is the better part of valor. -- William Shakespeare
Valor is common but great souls are rare. -- Bernard-Joseph Saurin
Valor lies just halfway between rashness and cowardice. -- Miguel de Cervantes
Distressed valor challenges great respect, even from an enemy. -- Plutarch
The valor that struggles is better than the weakness that endures. -- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
In vain doth valour bleed, While Avarice and Rapine share the land. -- John Milton
Where life is more terrible than death, it is then the truest valor to dare to live. -- Thomas Browne
He who has resolved to conquer or die is seldom conquered; such noble despair perishes with difficulty. -- Pierre Corneille
I love the man that is modestly valiant; that stirs not till he most needs, and then to purpose. A continued patience I commend not. -- Owen Feltham
What valor were it, when a cur doth grin, for one to thrust his hand between his teeth, when he might spurn him with his foot away? -- William Shakespeare
A valiant man Ought not to undergo, or tempt a danger, But worthily, and by selected ways, He undertakes with reason, not by chance. His valor is the salt t' his other virtues, They're all unseason'd without it. -- Ben Jonson
Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it till the test comes. And those having it in one test never know for sure if they will have it when the next test comes. -- Napoleon Bonaparte
Valor is the soldier's adornment. -- Livy
Valor is abased by too much loftiness. -- Philip Sidney
Valor is the contempt of death and pain. -- Tacitus
Valor would cease to be a virtue, if there were no injustice. -- Agesilaus II
Valour that parlies is neare yeelding. [Valor that parleys is near yielding.] -- George Herbert
Valor was in Nikodemos, unquestionable, and commitment like trees to stand or night to fall. -- Janet Morris
Valor consists in the power of self-recovery, so that a man cannot have his flank turned, cannot be out-generalled, but put him where you will, he stands. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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
Valor and power may gain a lasting memory, but where are they when the brave and mighty are departed? Their effects may remain, but they live not in them any more than the fire in the work of the potter. -- Hartley Coleridge
Uncommon valor was a common virtue. -- Chester W. Nimitz
True valor, on virtue founded strong, meets all events alike. -- David Mallet
Who asks whether the enemy was defeated by strategy or valor? -- Virgil
I don't think you mess around when you talk about tales of valor. -- David Gregory
True, I am young, but for souls nobly born valor doesn't await the passing of years. -- Pierre Corneille
The gospel alone liberates you to live a life of scandalous generosity, unrestrained sacrifice, uncommon valor, and unbounded courage. -- Tullian Tchividjian
My valor is certainly going, it is sneaking off! I feel it oozing out as it were, at the palms of my hands! -- Richard Brinsley Sheridan
The valor and courage of our young women and men in the armed services are a shining example to all of the world, and we owe them and their families our deepest respect. -- Bill Frist
As we continue to fight the war on terror, we express our gratitude to our troops whose valor over the last three years provided freedom to the Iraqis, while protecting our liberty here at home. -- Tim Murphy
It is true, indeed, that the national domain is ours. It is true it was acquired by the valor and with the wealth of the whole nation. But we hold, nevertheless, no arbitrary power over it. -- William H. Seward
The closest fires were near enough for us to hear the crackling flames and the yells of firemen. Little fires grew into big ones even as we watched. Big ones died down under the firemen's valor only to break out again later. -- Ernie Pyle
I lied about serving in Vietnam, and I'm sorry. I did not mean to take away from the actions and the sacrifices of the ones who did really serve there... I did steal valor. That was very wrong of me. There is no real excuse for that. -- Brian Dennehy
valor is sexy. -- Toba Beta
What valor cannot win, flattery may. -- Publilius Syrus
The first mark of valor is defence. -- Philip Sidney
Against the flying ball no valor avails. -- Martin Luther
A sad, wise valor is the brave complexion. -- George Herbert
Some nights, valor and cold purpose aren't enough. -- Janet Morris
Approved valor is made precious by natural courtesy. -- Philip Sidney
A man of your valor deserves not another breath. -- Craig R. Key
Wherever valor true is found, true modesty will there abound. -- W.S. Gilbert
For souls nobly born, valor doesn't await the passing of years -- Pierre Corneille
He is as full of valor as of kindness. Princely in both. -- William Shakespeare
If all men were just there would be no need of valor. -- Agesilaus II
Ser sincero en todo momento debe requerir valor. Yo no sabrÃa hacerlo. -- Veronica Roth
Go on and increase in valor, O boy! this is the path to immortality. -- Seneca the Younger
Among the men who fought on Iwo Jima, uncommon valor was a common virtue. -- Chester W. Nimitz
Prudence, patience, labor, valor; these are the stars that rule the career of mortals. -- Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
True valor is like honesty; it enters into all that a man sees and does. -- Josh Billings
Courage makes a man more than himself; for he is then himself plus his valor. -- William Rounseville Alger
I am young, it is true; but in noble souls valor does not wait for years. -- Pierre Corneille
There is no holier spot of ground than where defeated valor lies by mourning beauty crowned -- Henry Timrod
Courtesy wins woman all as well. As valor may, but he that closes both is perfect. -- Alfred Lord Tennyson
It is not always from valor or from chastity that men are brave, and women chaste. -- Francois de La Rochefoucauld
I am bravery. I am courage. I am valor. I am daring. I am holding a thesaurus. -- Demetri Martin
Cowardice is not synonymous with prudence. It often happens that the better part of discretion is valor. -- William Hazlitt
All else-valor, a good name, glory, everything in heaven and earth-is secondary to the charm of riches. -- Horace
Groundless superstition ill befits an army; valor is the only deity that rules in the warrior's breast. -- Silius Italicus
The most desirable quality in a soldier is constancy in the support of fatigue; valor is only secondary. -- Napoleon Bonaparte
It often happens that less depends upon the valor of an army than the skill of the leader. -- Aristophanes
Real valor consists not in being insensible to danger; but in being prompt to confront and disarm it. -- Walter Scott
To acquire money requires valor, to keep money requires prudence, and to spend money well is an art. -- Berthold Auerbach
Never on me let such wrath lay hold, as the wrath you cherish, you whose valor causes harm! -- A.T. Murray
Who would have known of Hector, if Troy had been happy? The road to valor is built by adversity. -- Ovid
The gospel alone liberates you to live a life of scandalous generosity, unrestrained sacrifice, uncommon valor, and unbounded courage." -- Tullian Tchividjian
Tough times test your valor, persistence and ability to make decisions. They force you to fight for your dreams. -- Paulo Coelho
There is no love-broker in the world can more prevail in man's commendation with woman than report of valor. -- William Shakespeare
Honorable retreats are no ways inferior to brave charges, as having less fortune, more of discipline, and as much valor. -- Christopher Hart
Fear to do base, unworthy things is valor; if they be one to us, to suffer them is valor too. -- Ben Jonson
But dream not helm and harness The sign of valor true; Peace hath higher tests of manhood Than battle ever knew. -- John Greenleaf Whittier
Si censuran tus ideas ten valor, no te rindas nunca, siempre alza la voz...Lucha fuerte, sin medida... No dejes de creer. -- Dulce María
Forgiveness is the best part of valor...Discretion is easy. It's finding the courage to forgive yourself and others that is hard. [Acheron] -- Sherrilyn Kenyon
My valor is certainly going, it is sneaking off! I feel it oozing out as it were, at the palms of my hands!" -- Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Fight valiantly to-day; and yet I do thee wrong to mind thee of it, for thou art framed of the firm truth of valor. -- William Shakespeare
The better part of valor is to spend it learning to live with differences, however hostile, unless and until we can find another planet. -- Barbara Tuchman
There is no greater valor nor no sterner fight. He who would be what he ought to be must stop being what he is. -- Meister Eckhart
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. -- Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We cherish too, the Poppy red That grows on fields where valor led, It seems to signal to the skies That blood of heroes never dies. -- Moina Michael
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
Enjoy the peace your valor won. Let independence be our boast, Ever mindful what it cost; Ever grateful for the prize, Let its altar reach the skies! -- Joseph Hopkinson
General," said the commander of the delinquent brigade, "I am persuaded that any further display of valor by my troops will bring them into collision with the enemy. -- Ambrose Bierce
As the Sandwich Islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes into himself, so we gain the strength of the temptation we resist. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Throughout America today, we honor the dead of our wars. We recall their valor and their sacrifices. We remember they gave their lives so that others might live. -- Ronald Reagan
To seek is to show valor. To endure is to show strength. To believe all will arise in a time of perfection. There shows trust and faith in you. -- Tania Elizabeth
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. -- Thomas Paine
Men are so charmed with valor that they have pleased themselves with being called lions, leopards, eagles and dragons, from the animals contemporary with us in the geologic formations. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
France is invaded; I am leaving to take command of my troops, and, with God's help and their valor, I hope soon to drive the enemy beyond the frontier. -- Napoleon Bonaparte
Here, in the dread tribunal of last resort, valor contended against valor. Here brave men struggled and died for the right as God gave them to see the right. -- Adlai Stevenson I
The woman described in Proverbs 31 is not some ideal that exists out there; she is present in each one of us when we do even the smallest things with valor -- Rachel Held Evans
I wonder is it because men are cowards in heart that they admire bravery so much, and place military valor so far beyond every other quality for reward and worship. -- William Makepeace Thackeray
And that's about all any of us can really hope for, to die with our dignity, to die with honor and valor. To die knowing we did everything we could. -- Pittacus Lore
I told you, sir, they were red-hot with drinking; so full of valor that they smote the air, for breathing in their faces, beat the ground for kissing of their feet. -- William Shakespeare
Death and sorrow will be the companions of our journey; hardship our garment; constancy and valor our only shield. We must be united, we must be undaunted, we must be inflexible. -- Winston Churchill
Happiness requires courage, stamina, persistence, fortitude, perseverance, bravery, boldness, valor, vigor, concentration, solidity, substance, backbone, grit, guts, moxie, nerve, pluck, resilience, spunk, tenacity, tolerance, will power, chutzpah, and a good thesaurus. -- Peter McWilliams
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What an admirable training is science for the more active warfare of life! Indeed, the unchallenged bravery which these studies imply, is far more impressive than the trumpeted valor of the warrior. -- Henry David Thoreau
If cowardice were not so completely a coward as to be unable to look steadily upon the effects of courage, he would find that there is no refuge so sure as dauntless valor. -- Jane Porter
There is no magic herb that makes a brave man. Courage is knowing that what you do is necessary. Don't doubt yourself, Shadow. There is more valor in your heart than you realize. -- Elizabeth Alder
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
...it is a base thing to look to others for your defense instead of depending upon yourself. That defense alone is effectual, sure, and durable which depends upon yourself and your own valor. -- Niccolo Machiavelli
That immaculate manliness we feel within ourselves, so far within us, that it remains intact though all the outer character seem gone; bleeds with keenest anguish at the undraped spectacle of a valor-ruined man. -- Herman Melville

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