Gallantry Quotes

32 Gallantry quotes by 28 unique authors

Conscience has no more to do with gallantry than it has with politics. — Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Those officers and men who were immediately under my observation, evinced the greatest gallantry, and I have no doubt that all others conducted themselves as… — Oliver Hazard Perry
Gallantry of mind consists in saying flattering things in an agreeable manner. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Gratefulness is the gallantry of a heart ready to rise to the opportunity a given moment offers. — David Steindl-Rast
For dash and gallantry the bloodthirsty Scots, Australians and Canadians led the way, with the impetuous Irish close behind. The Australian to my mind were… — Adrian Carton de Wiart
Enlightenment is like witnessing the brilliant sun for the first time in the morning. It is like seeing the beautiful flowers that grow in the… — Chogyam Trungpa
This fight has nothing to do with soldierly gallantry or principles of the Geneva Convention. If the fight against the partisans is not waged with… — Wilhelm Keitel
The gallantry and aggressive fighting spirit of the Russian soldiers command the American army's admiration. — George C. Marshall
What men call gallantry, and gods adultery, is much more common where the climate's sultry. — Lord Byron
There was something terrible, but also something sad and melancholy in this long cry uttered by the Russian infantry as they staged an attack. As… — Vasily Grossman
I have read that the secret of gallantry is to accept the pleasures of life leisurely, and its inconveniences with a shrug; as well as… — James Branch Cabell
Beautiful and rich is an old friendship, Grateful to the touch as ancient ivory, Smooth as aged wine, or sheen of tapestry Where light has… — Unknown Author
What shall I say of the gallantry with which these Marines have fought! Of the slopes of Hill 142; of the Mares Farm; of the… — Unknown Author
The gallantry of his grief did put me into a towering passion. — William Shakespeare
Gallantry to women - the sure road to their favor - is nothing but the appearance of extreme devotion to all their wants and wishes,… — William Hazlitt
We remember those who were called upon to give all a person can give, and we remember those who were prepared to make that sacrifice… — Ronald Reagan
You must survive with grace. You must do so gallantly. How archaic these terms seem to us in our modern world. There is little grace… — Chris Cooper
The consequence of a very free commerce between the sexes, and of their living much together, will often terminate in intrigues and gallantry. — David Hume
Any woman may act the part of a coquette successfully who has the reputation without the scruples of modesty. If a woman passes the bounds… — William Hazlitt
Let's drink to the spirit of gallantry and courage that made a strange Heaven out of unbelievable Hell, and let's drink to the hope that… — Noel Coward
Frenchmen have an unlimited capacity for gallantry and indulge it on every occasion. — Moliere
A high station in life is earned by the gallantry with which appalling experiences are survived with grace. — Tennessee Williams
The writer is delegated to declare and to celebrate man's proven capacity for greatness of heart and spirit—for gallantry in defeat, for courage, compassion and… — John Steinbeck
We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge or gallantry would break… — John Adams
I had a theoretical reverence and homage for beauty, elegance, gallantry, fascination but had I met those qualities incarnate in masculine shape, I should have… — Charlotte Bronte

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