The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue.

Every man has a right to risk his own life for the preservation of it.

There are no easy answers, but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

A private soldier has as much right to justice as a major-general.

The person who grieves suffers his passion to grow upon him; he indulges it, he loves it; but this never happens in the case of actual pain, which no man ever willingly endured for any considerable time.

As a medical doctor, I have known the face of adversity. I have seen much of death and dying, suffering and sorrow. I also remember the plight of students overwhelmed by their studies and of those striving to learn a foreign language. And I recall the fatigue and frustration felt by young parents with children in need.

He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.

Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state.

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.

Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.

There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.

What kind of people do they think we are? Is it possible they do not realize that we shall never cease to persevere against them until they have been taught a lesson which they and the world will never forget?

If you were the President of the United States or the Queen of England – you couldn’t have a person who would be more protective than my mother was for me. Which meant really that I could dare to do all sorts of things.

Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life.

I don’t know how to function without music. When I’m not making it, I’m listening to it. It gives me courage and takes care of my mind.

You can always tell an old soldier by the inside of his holsters and cartridge boxes. The young ones carry pistols and cartridges; the old ones, grub.

An honest man’s the noblest work of God.

The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.

Everyone has his day and some days last longer than others.

The truth is: Belonging starts with self-acceptance. Your level of belonging, in fact, can never be greater than your level of self-acceptance, because believing that you’re enough is what gives you the courage to be authentic, vulnerable and imperfect.

Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.

When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth; it is the beginning of disorder.

A ‚No‘ uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a ‚Yes‘ merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.

Virtue itself scapes not calumnious strokes.

A good boxing competition gives one the sight of fine men in their prime, trained to the ounce, showing the highest skill, pluck and endurance in carrying out their attack and defence under strict rules of fair play and good temper.

In the final choice a soldier’s pack is not so heavy as a prisoner’s chains.

It’s in the difficult times that we’re growing and you can’t just rebuke everything hard. We’ve got to endure it and fight the good fight of faith and pass the test.

No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death. He and his are not neglected by the gods.

You have to develop ways so that you can take up for yourself, and then you take up for someone else. And so sooner or later, you have enough courage to really stand up for the human race and say, ‚I’m a representative.‘

The sergeant is the Army.

Many will call me an adventurer – and that I am, only one of a different sort: one of those who risks his skin to prove his platitudes.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.

Without God, democracy will not and cannot long endure.

There are a lot of ‚chicken Christians.‘ Chickens are generally afraid of life, and they seldom fly or reach their potential in life. And when a storm comes, all they seem to do is flap around the chicken yard, stirring up dirt and running to the chicken house.

Two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some glimmerings of the inner light which leads to truth; and second, the courage to follow this faint light wherever it may lead.

Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.

Virtue is insufficient temptation.

I’m a bold Christian, not a scaredy-cat Christian.

There’s something which impels us to show our inner souls. The more courageous we are, the more we succeed in explaining what we know.

I have a feeling that I make a very good friend, and I’m a good mother, and a good sister, and a good citizen. I am involved in life itself – all of it. And I have a lot of energy and a lot of nerve.

You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give.

Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities… because it is the quality which guarantees all others.

The risk for me would be in not taking one – that’s the only thing that’s really risky for me.

Adventures are to the adventurous.

I have a hat. It is graceful and feminine and give me a certain dignity, as if I were attending a state funeral or something. Someday I may get up enough courage to wear it, instead of carrying it.

He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.

Successful and fortunate crime is called virtue.

It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.

Crime when it succeeds is called virtue.

The object of the superior man is truth.

The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave. It’s the age-old struggle: the roar of the crowd on the one side, and the voice of your conscience on the other.

What is virtue but the Trade Unionism of the married?

To realize that you do not understand is a virtue; Not to realize that you do not understand is a defect.

We all gonna die eventually from something or other, but don’t be a wimp. Put up a good fight.

I never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he is at least safe from people.

The feeling about a soldier is, when all is said and done, he wasn’t really going to do very much with his life anyway. The example usually is: he wasn’t going to compose Beethoven’s Fifth.

Endurance is patience concentrated.