Toil for the brave!
The brave that are no more.

Toil for the brave!
The brave that are no more.

Without a sign his sword the brave man draws,
And asks no omen but his country's cause.

Without a sign his sword the brave man draws,
And asks no omen but his country's cause.

Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the
surface and their toughness in the middle.

Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the
surface and their toughness in the middle.

Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate read more

Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts.

Fortune and love favour the brave.
[Lat., Audentum Forsque Venusque juvant.]

Fortune and love favour the brave.
[Lat., Audentum Forsque Venusque juvant.]

There is no such thing as bravery; only degrees of fear.

There is no such thing as bravery; only degrees of fear.

God himself favors the brave.
[Lat., Audentes deus ipse juvat.]

God himself favors the brave.
[Lat., Audentes deus ipse juvat.]

Then rush'd to meet the insulting foe;
They took the spear, but left the shield.

Then rush'd to meet the insulting foe;
They took the spear, but left the shield.

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.