Wise quotes about courage, valor and heroism

Quotes about courage, valor and heroism

Courage is the sword, the shield, and the mind of the brave. V. Alfieri

Heroism is the victory of the soul over the body. A. Amiel

Courage is no longer found in starting a fight, but in being able to avoid it. M. Anderson

Courage is a virtue that enables people to do wonderful things in difficult situations. Aristotle

No one can endure terrible things better than a courageous man. Aristotle

He who meaningfully rushes into danger for the sake of good and is not afraid of it is courageous, and that is courage. Aristotle

Courage is found in fears and daring proportionate to man. Aristotle

To dry one tear is more valor than to shed a sea of blood. D. Byron

Civil courage and military courage stem from the same beginning. O. Balzac

Of all types of glory, the most flattering, the greatest, the most incorruptible is the people's glory. V. G. Belinsky

True courage is not only a balloon to ascend, but also a parachute to land. L. Burnet

He who despises danger remembers it; however, a real hero does not even think about danger. L. Burnet

Bravery to defend the fatherland is a virtue, but courage in a robber is a villainy. A. A. Bestuzhev-Marlinsky

True courage is laconic: it costs so little to show itself that it considers heroism itself to be a duty, not a feat. A. A. Bestuzhev-Marlinsky

Valor is moral courage. D. Blackie

If you shy away from the first test of your courage, you will be all the weaker at the second. D. Blackie

Courage is the strength to resist; courage - to attack evil. P. Buast

A man of courage usually suffers without complaining; a weak person complains without suffering. P. Buast

Bravery is a talent that cannot be mastered by effort. Vasil Bykov

Courage combined with intelligence helps more than intelligence without courage. L. Vauvenargues

True courage is found in times of adversity. F. Voltaire

Fearlessness is essential for the development of other noble qualities. Is it possible to seek truth or carefully cherish love without courage? M. Gandhi

A truly courageous person must show timidity when he decides to do something, must weigh all the contingencies, but when executing it, he must be courageous. Herodotus

If you lose goodness, you will lose a little, if you lose honor, you will lose a lot, if you lose courage, you will lose everything. I. Goethe

Courage can neither be learned nor unlearned. I. Goethe

You can't always be a hero, but you can always remain human. I. Goethe

There is always room for exploits in life. M. Gorky

Great courage replaces great skill. B. Gracian

Courage produces winners, harmony produces invincibles. F. Delavigne

Courage makes the blows of fate insignificant. Democritus

Courageous is not only the one who defeats his enemies, but also the one who dominates his passions. Democritus

Excessive courage is the same vice as excessive timidity. B. Johnson

Fear of acting shamefully is courage; The same courage is the ability to patiently endure the unworthy actions of others towards us. B. Johnson

Courage is necessary not only for courageous actions, but also for productive activities and thoughts. A. Diesterweg

Courage is not about facing danger boldly, but about facing it with open eyes. Jean Paul

Courage without conscience is like a wild beast. R. Ingersoll

The greatest test of a man's courage is to be defeated and not lose heart. R. Ingersoll

Fate always favors the brave. P. Calderon

Determined courage displayed by a rogue is extremely dangerous. I. Kant

Courage is a great quality of the soul: the people marked by it should be proud of themselves. N. M. Karamzin

Often human courage is recognized more in small things than in great things. B. Castiglione

A courageous man is true to his word. P. Corneille

The highest virtue is to do in solitude what people usually dare to do only in the presence of many witnesses. F. La Rochefoucauld

Facing danger with courage and composure is the best way to protect yourself from it. D. Lubbock

No one can consider himself truly defeated until he has lost courage. D. Lubbock

Feat, like talent, shortens the path to the goal. L. M. Leonov

True courage is expressed in calm self-control and in the calm performance of one's duty, regardless of any disasters and dangers. D. Locke

The brave man is not the one who is not afraid, but the one who knows how to suppress his cowardice. There can be no other kind of courage. A. S. Makarenko

We must make the people horrified at themselves in order to inspire courage in them. K. Marx

For the proletariat, courage, self-esteem, a sense of pride and independence are more important than bread. K. Marx

The ability to recognize the possible and the impossible is what distinguishes a hero from an adventurer. K. Mommsen

With courage, anything can be done, but not everything can be achieved. Napoleon I

Valor knows no impassable paths. Ovid

Courage is cultivated day after day, in persistent resistance to difficulties. N. A. Ostrovsky

Courage is a fully realized responsibility. P. A. Pavlenko

People need courage and fortitude not only against the weapons of enemies, but also against any blows. Plutarch

Courage increases valor, hesitation increases fear. Publilius Syrus

The valor of a soldier depends on the intelligence of the military leader. Publilius Syrus

There is only one heroism in the world: to see the world as it is and to love it. R. Rolland

I call a hero only the one who had a great heart. R. Rolland

Every courageous, every truthful person brings honor to his homeland. R. Rolland

I appreciate courage in those who, thanks to it, can lose everything; I appreciate caution in those who cannot win anything thanks to it. J. Rostand

True courage is more perseverance than impatience: it does not need to be pushed or restrained. J.-J. Rousseau

There is no need to confuse courage with arrogance and rudeness: there is nothing more dissimilar both in its source and in its result. J.-J. Rousseau

Better death with glory than a shameful path in life. Sh. Rustaveli

Courage is not about the strength of the hand or the art of wielding a sword, courage is about self-control and being fair. Saadi

Bravery replaces fortress walls. Sallust

One thing that remains unreasonable is the thirst for achievement. In this thirst the living human heart trembles, the inquisitive and never-resting human mind hides. M. E. Saltykov-Shchedrin

Nothing in the world deserves such surprise as a person who can courageously endure adversity. Seneca the Younger

Courage is the contempt of fear. It disregards the dangers that threaten us, challenges them to battle and crushes them. Seneca the Younger

Gold is tested by fire, and courage is tested in adversity. Seneca the Younger

Courage without prudence is only a special kind of cowardice. Seneca the Younger

The cat, hunted and pressed against the wall, turns into a tiger. M. Cervantes

All adversity breaks on a courageous heart. M. Cervantes

Courage that is not based on prudence is called recklessness, and the exploits of a reckless person are more likely to be attributed to simple luck than to his courage. M. Cervantes

Courage lies in the ability to choose the least evil, no matter how terrible it may be. Stendhal

He who is brave is alive. He who is brave is safe. A. V. Suvorov

The most difficult thing is the courage of everyday, long-term work. Find yourself an ideal of courage and follow it relentlessly. V. A. Sukhomlinsky

There are no heroes from birth - they are born in battles. A. T. Tvardovsky

Contempt for danger is the first duty of every sublime soul. I. Ten

It is not the one who is courageous who climbs into danger without feeling fear, but the one who can suppress the strongest fear and think about danger without submitting to fear. K. D. Ushinsky

Valor is the property of those who strive for a high goal. Ferdowsi

Let everything else leave me, if only my courage does not leave me. I. Fichte

Bravery is needed not only in battles, but also in simple everyday affairs. B. Franklin

A hero is a person who, at a decisive moment, does what needs to be done in the interests of human society. Yu. Fuchik

Courage usually goes hand in hand with gentleness of character, and a courageous person is more capable of generosity than others. N. V. Shelgunov

I would define true courage as the perfect ability to assess the extent of danger and the moral readiness to withstand it. W. Sherman

Courage grows with danger: the harder it is, the more strength you have. F. Schiller

The one who fears nothing is no less powerful than the one before whom everyone trembles. F. Schiller

Valor does not die with the hero, but survives him. Euripides

Prudent prudence is true virtue. Euripides

Heroism - quotes

Heroism is doing what you like best and not saying pompous words. Paraphrased by F. Nietzsche

Heroism is the mood of a person striving for a goal beyond which he no longer counts. Heroism is the good will to absolute self-destruction. F. Nietzsche

Everything in the world will be covered with the dust of oblivion, Only two know neither death nor decay: Only the work of a hero and the speech of a sage. Centuries pass without knowing the end. Ferdowsi

Science is the best way to make the human spirit heroic. Giordano Bruno

Heroism is an artificial concept, because courage is relative. Francis Bacon

It is common for a hero to become close to heroes; This mysterious and beautiful property is one of the wonders of nature. Baltasar Gracian y Morales

... All that we call heroic valor and admire as greatness and sublimity of spirit is nothing more than calm and firmly founded pride and self-respect ... David Hume

National heroism is a momentary impulse, followed by weakness and loss of strength. Jean Jacques Rousseau

Sentences do not create heroes. Claude Adrian Helvetius

A hero is a husband who knows that there are goods that are more valuable than life; a husband who dedicated his life to serving the state, and himself alone to serving many. Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

I think that respect for heroes, manifested in different ways in different eras, is the soul of social relations between people and that the way of expressing this respect serves as the true scale of the normality or abnormality of the relations prevailing in the world. Thomas Carlyle

Hero worship should be expressed in the fact that we ourselves will be heroically inclined. Thomas Carlyle

In happiness, even a coward becomes brave, but only the hero who, even in defeat, wears his head proudly... Sandor Petőfi

You can't always be a hero, but you can always remain human. Johann Wolfgang Goethe

Feat is everything except glory. Johann Wolfgang Goethe

The death of heroes is like the sunset. Karl Marx

A true hero is distinguished by simplicity of morals and tenderness of feelings in peacetime, courage and bravery in battle, and ardent love for the Fatherland. Fedor Nikolaevich Glinka

Our heroism stumbles not in deeds of military valor, but only in deeds of civil courage. Nikolai Vasilievich Shelgunov

True heroism lies not in the hands, but in the heart and head. Herman Melville

This is the secret of heroism: never let the fear of death rule your life. George Bernard Shaw

Everyone who follows their own path in life is a hero. Everyone who... accomplishes what he is capable of is a hero.” Hermann Hesse

...Only a hero gains the courage to follow his destiny. Hermann Hesse

...Death is not scary for a hero, As long as the dream runs wild! Alexander Alexandrovich Blok

...A hero is a person who, at a decisive moment, does what needs to be done in the interests of human society. Julius Fucik

Everyone who was faithful to the future and died to make it beautiful is like a statue carved from stone. Julius Fucik

You can be either a hero or a saint. In the middle is not wisdom, but everyday life. Oswald Spengler

Common toys are, in fact, the world of adults in miniature. Nothing is more annoying than pointless heroism. Roland Barthes