Conscience has no more to do with gallantry than it has with politics.
Uncommon valor was a common virtue.
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
Scipio Africanus Major
In war the heroes always outnumber the soldiers ten to one.
The words used to describe the heroes of D-Day are not the current lexicon we tend to use for success. Humble, selfless, brave. Those are not words we attach in 2019 to superstars.
I wasn’t highly decorated. The highly decorated men are dead.
Yoder was awarded the Silver Star, Bronze Star and Two Purple Hearts in World War II
The generals were fighting machine guns with the breasts of gallant men.
I always open doors for women. It's just good manners.
Let's drink to the spirit of gallantry and courage that made a strange Heaven out of unbelievable Hell, and let's drink to the hope that one day this country of ours, which we love so much, will find dignity and greatness and peace again.
Fighting is like champagne. It goes to the heads of cowards as quickly as of heroes. Any fool can be brave on a battlefield when it's be brave or else be killed.
True, I am young, but for souls nobly born valor doesn't await the passing of years.
I get knighted in the school of life. Like Braveheart.
Mrs. Teasdale calls for rescue and Firefly delivers the famous line to his cohorts as they rescue her: "Remember, you're fighting for this woman's honor, which is probably more than she ever did."
It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.
We remember those who were called upon to give all a person can give, and we remember those who were prepared to make that sacrifice if it were demanded of them in the line of duty, though it never was. Most of all, we remember the devotion and gallantry with which all of them ennobled their nation as they became champions of a noble cause.
I will be brave, thought Despereaux. I will try to be brave like a knight in shining armour. I will be brave for the Princess Pea.
I'm down for whatever. You just lead the way. We go to dinner you don't even look at me to pay
What the Anzac legend did do, by the bravery and sacrifice of our troops, was reinforce our own cultural notions of independence, mateship, and ingenuity. Of resilience and courage in adversity.
It is better to be the widow of a hero than the wife of a coward.
It is possible that blondes also prefer gentlemen.
The Spaniard is gallant and patriotic, and sacrifices everything, in favorable moments, for his country's good. He has the intrepidity of his bull.
For a gallant spirit there can never be defeat.
I feel proud every time I recall the valour and courage of our army men in the war against Pakistan.
Bravery never goes out of fashion.
The gallantry and aggressive fighting spirit of the Russian soldiers command the American army's admiration.