Firemen are going to get killed. When they join the department they face that fact. When a man becomes a fireman his greatest act of bravery has been accomplished. What he does after that is all in the line of work. They were not thinking of getting killed when they went where death lurked. They went there to put the fire out, and got killed. Firefighters do not regard themselves as heroes because they do what the business requires.
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You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.
You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.
Brave men are brave from the very first.
[Fr., Les hommes valeureux le sont au premier coup.]
Brave men are brave from the very first.
[Fr., Les hommes valeureux le sont au premier coup.]
No heroine can create a hero through love of one, but she can give birth to one.
No heroine can create a hero through love of one, but she can give birth to one.
A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.
A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.
Fight till the last gasp.
Fight till the last gasp.
Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid.
Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid.
The brave man, indeed, calls himself lord of the land, through
his iron, through his blood.
[Ger., Zwar read more
The brave man, indeed, calls himself lord of the land, through
his iron, through his blood.
[Ger., Zwar der Tapfere nennt sich Herr der Lander
Durch sein Eisen, durch sein Blut.]
At the bottom of a good deal of the bravery that appears in the world there lurks a miserable cowardice. read more
At the bottom of a good deal of the bravery that appears in the world there lurks a miserable cowardice. Men will face powder and steel because they cannot face public opinion.
How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!
How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!
