Valor

thumb|right|Valor consists in the power of self-recovery. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Valor is courage, with determination. Quotes thumb|right|But where life is more terrible than death, it is then the truest valour to dare to live. ~ Thomas Browne thumb|right|All doubt is cowardice — all trust is brave. ~ Edward Bulwer-Lytton It is a brave act of valour to contemne death, but where life is more terrible than death, it is then the truest valour to dare to live. Sir Thomas Browne, Religio Medici (1642), Part XLIV, p. 93. Valor consists in the power of self-recovery, so that a man cannot have his flank turned, cannot be out-generalled, but put him where you will, he stands. Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays, Circles. ...what really counts is not the immediate act of courage or of valor, but those who bear the struggle day in and day out - not the sunshine patriots but those who are willing to stand for a long period of time. John F. Kennedy, "Remarks at the White House to Members of the American Legion (70)," March 1, 1962, Public Papers of the Presidents: John F. Kennedy, 1962. All doubt is cowardice — all trust is brave. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, King Arthur (1848-9), Book XII, Chapter XXVIII. When valour preys on reason,It eats the sword it fights with. William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra (1600s), Act III, scene 3, line 199. What valour were it, when a cur doth grin,For one to thrust his hand between his teeth,When he might spurn him with his foot, away? William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part III (c. 1591), Act I, scene 4, line 56. You are the hare of whom the proverb goes,Whose valor plucks dead lions by the beard. William Shakespeare, King John (1598), Act II, scene 1, line 137. 'Tis much he dares;And, to that dauntless temper of his mind,He hath a wisdom that doth guide his valourTo act in safety. William Shakespeare, Macbeth (1605), Act III, scene 1, line 51. He's truly valiant that can suffer wiselyThe worst that man can breathe and make his wrongsHis outsides, to wear them like his raiment, carelessly;And ne'er prefer his injuries to his heart.To bring it into danger. William Shakespeare, Timon of Athens (published 1623), Act III, scene 5, line 31. Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 829. There is always safety in valor. Ralph Waldo Emerson, English Traits, The Times. Valor consists in the power of self-recovery. Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays, Circles. A valiant manOught not to undergo, or tempt a danger,But worthily, and by selected ways,He undertakes with reason, not by chance.His valor is the salt t' his other virtues,They're all unseason'd without it. Ben Jonson, New Inn, Act IV, scene 3. Stimulos dedit æmula virtus. He was spurred on by rival valor. Marcus Annaeus Lucanus, Pharsalia, I. 120. In vain doth valour bleed,While Avarice and Rapine share the land. John Milton, Sonnet, To the Lord General Fairfax. My valor is certainly going!—it is sneaking off!—I feel it oozing out, as it were, at the palms of my hands. Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The Rivals (1775), Act V, scene 3. Exigui numero, sed bello vivida virtus. Of small number, but their valour quick for war. Virgil, Æneid (29-19 BC), V. 754. See also Bravery Courage External links valor Category:Virtues fr:Valeur