Gerry Adams Quotes

We cannot guarantee success [in the war], but we can deserve it.

God has given man no sharper spur to victory than contempt of death.

But fear no more! I would not take this thing, if it lay by the highway. Not were Minas Tirith falling in ruin and I alone could save her, so, using the weapon of the Dark Lord for her good and my glory. No, I do not wish for such triumphs, Frodo son of Drogo.

One thing that's great about firefighters: If they don't have the equipment they desperately need, they don't have the help, they don't care. They'll do it on their own.

There's a scene I particularly like in 'Betrayed' where Shane has been shot in the side. Yet he drives to a small airport, checks out the Rockfort plane and flies himself and Elena to safety. Only when he knows they are out of danger does he allow himself to sit down on the couch and admit he's injured - to a horrified Elena.

Heroism is endurance for one moment more.

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

I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.

Tomorrow let us do or die!

Where do you find the strength to brave a barrage of enemy fire and to bring your wounded friends to safety at great risk to your own life? Conviction.

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.

On a normal day, we value heroism because it is uncommon. On Sept. 11, we valued heroism because it was everywhere.

The impossibility of a retreat makes no difference in the situation of men resolved to conquer or die; and, believe me, my friends, if your conquest could be bought with the blood of your general, he would most cheerfully resign a life which he has long devoted to his country.

Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duty, and so bear ourselves that if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, "This was their finest hour.

Go, therefore, to meet the foe with two objects before you, either victory or death. For men animated by such a spirit must always overcome their adversaries, since they go into battle ready to throw away their lives

Civic courage is the kind of valor to which the monuments of nations should most of all be reared.

I can't spare this man—he fights.

I'm not a hero. The military is.

After a level, it does not matter if you are capable to do 100 push-ups, but how to take action in a do-or-die situation - saving your country while on mission.

What makes a heroine? I think I can answer that. A heroine is a woman who risks going too far in order to find out how far one can go for a cause greater than herself.

Be resolute, fear no sacrifice, and surmount every difficulty to win victory.

The courageous struggle for a noble cause should be considered success itself.

I have so much respect for people in the service. The mental strength it takes to do what they do is unbelievable.

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