“Of all the train, none escaped except Wamba, who showed upon the occasion much more courage than those who pretended to greater… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
“...[T]hou knowest not the heart of woman... [N]ot in thy fiercest battles hast thou displayed more of thy vaunted courage than has… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
Fight on, brave knights! Man dies, but glory lives! Fight on; death is better than defeat! Fight on brave knights! for bright… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
High minds, of native pride and force, Most deeply feel thy pangs, Remorse; Fear, for their scourge, means villains have, Thou art… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
Without courage there cannot be truth, and without truth there can be no other virtue. — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
Real valor consists not in being insensible to danger; but in being prompt to confront and disarm it. — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
“It has often been remarked of the Scottish character, that the stubbornness with which it is moulded shows most to advantage in… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
Come one, come all! this rock shall fly From its firm base, as soon as I. — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
“The Chiefs of Glengarry, Keppoch, and Lochiel, whose clans, equal in courage and military fame to any in the Highlands, lay within… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
“Of all the train, none escaped except Wamba, who showed upon the occasion much more courage than those who pretended to greater sense.” — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
Where shall the lover rest, Whom the fates sever From his true maiden's breast, Parted for ever? Where, through groves deep and high, Sounds… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
O! many a shaft, at random sent, Finds mark the archer little meant! And many a word, at random spoken, May soothe or wound… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
And better had they ne'er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn. — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
Where is the coward that would not dare to fight for such a land as Scotland? — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
Loud o'er my head though awful thunders roll, And vivid lightnings flash from pole to pole, Yet 'tis Thy voice, my God, that bids… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
“but he had only received that sort of answer usually given by those who are more obstinate in following their own course, than strong… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
“Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, and men below, and the saints above, for love is heaven, and heaven is love. ” — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
Fortune may raise up or abuse the ordinary mortal, but the sage and the soldier should have minds beyond her control. — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
In peace, Love tunes the shepherd's reed; In war, he mounts the warrior's steed; In halls, in gay attire is seen; In hamlets, dances… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
