Commitment Quote by Janet Morris

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…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“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…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Valor is the contempt of death and pain.

— Tacitus

Here, in the dread tribunal of last resort, valor contended against valor. Here brave men struggled and died for the right as God gave…

— Adlai Stevenson I

Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.

— Tacitus

Real valor consists not in being insensible to danger; but in being prompt to confront and disarm it.

— Walter Scott

Valor is abased by too much loftiness.

— Philip Sidney

Distressed valor challenges great respect, even from an enemy.

— Plutarch

Among the men who fought on Iwo Jima, uncommon valor was a common virtue.

— Chester W. Nimitz

Valor and power may gain a lasting memory, but where are they when the brave and mighty are departed? Their effects may remain, but…

— Hartley Coleridge

The hero is valorous because he stands up to every threat directed against his values. Heroism requires value conflict.

— Andrew Bernstein

True valor, on virtue founded strong, meets all events alike.

— David Mallet