Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes

I'd rather give my life than be afraid to give it.

It is better to be the widow of a hero than the wife of a coward.

Men are never really willing to die except for the sake of freedom: therefore they do not believe in dying completely.

In the film world, we can all be heroes. In the real world, where heroism can cost you your life or the life of the ones you love, people aren't so willing to make those sacrifices. When they do, they are set apart from the rest of us.

Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood.

The greatest men of a nation are those it puts to death.

It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.

Heroism is endurance for one moment more.

Men, today we die a little.

We remember the heroes who ran into the burning buildings to rescue those trapped inside, and the dauntless passengers on Flight 93 who laid down their lives to save others, including almost certainly those of us in the U.S. Capitol.

Courage: Great Russian word, fit for the songs of our children's children, pure on their tongues, and free.

Woman and men of retiring timidity are cowardly only in dangers which affect themselves, but the first to rescue when others are in danger.

I'm no hero. Heroes don't come back. Survivors return home. Heroes never come home. If anyone thinks I'm a hero, I'm not.

I believe that a man is the strongest soldier for daring to die unarmed.

The courage of a soldier is found to be the cheapest and most common quality of human nature.

A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.

To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true!

Not one has shown an iota of fear of death. They want to end this agony.

It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.

A man must be willing to die for justice. Death is an inescapable reality and men die daily, but good deeds live forever.

Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.

It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.

The Republic was not established by cowards; and cowards will not preserve it.

For months people have been begging me to come here for this Kamikaze operation. We will die well. The fact that we are taking a role in a great moment is history is a great honor.

The youth movement here must aspire to a martyrdom death…. The young must be first at the front line - don’t hide at the back. You must be at the front, die as martyrs and all your sins will be forgiven. This is how to achieve forgiveness.