Welsh Proverb Quotes

A good sword is the one left in its scabbard.

I love the name of honor, more than I fear death.

The Gentlemen of England serve under the greatest cad in Europe.

Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity

Colonel, I will bring back these colors to you in honor, or report to God the reason why.

One aim of the Boy Scouts scheme is to revive amongst us, if possible, some of the rules of the knights of old.

Knight without fear and without reproach.

You cannot have a proud and chivalrous spirit if your conduct is mean and paltry; for whatever a man's actions are, such must be his spirit.

Real nobility is based on scorn, courage, and profound indifference.

Anyone can be heroic from time to time, but a gentleman is something you have to be all the time.

I could not love thee, dear, so much, loved I not honor more.

I think it's safe to say that 'manliness' was a common theme in my upbringing. It was an assumed status, but - and here's the important bit - it was the Rudyard Kipling kind. The emphasis was on gentlemanly conduct, sportsmanship, fairness and stoicism.

All the screen cowboys behaved like real gentlemen. They didn't drink, they didn't smoke. When they knocked the bad guy down, they always stood with their fists up, waiting for the heavy to get back on his feet. I decided I was going to drag the bad guy to his feet and keep hitting him.

Quality in a classical Greek sense is how to live with grace and intelligence, with bravery and mercy.

If peace is to be maintained, it must be by brave men.

Like an armed warrior, like a plumed knight, James G. Blaine marched down the halls of the American Congress and threw his shining lance full against the brazen forehead of every traitor to this country and every maligner of his fair reputation.

In war, the most successful armies are those in which each soldier has a clear conscience.

Arm yourselves, and be ye men of valor, and be in readiness for the conflict; for it is better for us to perish in battle than to look upon the outrage of our nation ...

Not to turn back in battle, to protect the people, to honor the Brahmans [educated classes], is the best means for a king to secure happiness.

A very perfect gentle knight.

Our valiant legionnaires and Regulares have shown what it is to be a man to the reds and their women who have finally known real men and not militiamen.

Send me six hundred men who know how to die

When I was growing up, officers in uniform were very impressive to me. They were doing a job. They were protecting our country; they were heroes. When you wear an old military jacket, there's some sort of connection to those qualities - to being strong, to being tough, to being a warrior.

When I was younger, I was a bit of a feisty fighter type of guy. That's something my father told me as I was becoming a man: 'You don't go picking fights, but you don't run from any of them.' And I was more afraid of my father than anybody else I had to fight.

I have respect for anybody that has to go and do whatever they have to do to protect their country.