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"True, I am young, but for souls nobly born valor doesn't await the passing of years."

"True, I am young, but for souls nobly born valor doesn't await the passing of years."

Pierre Corneille, French Dramatist

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"My valor is certainly going, it is sneaking off! I feel it oozing out as it were, at the palms of my hands!"

"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, Irish Playwright

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"Valor is common but great souls are rare."

"Valor is common but great souls are rare."

Bernard Joseph Saurin, French Dramatist

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"Emeth came walking forward into the open strip of grass between the bonfire and the Stable. His eyes were shining, his face was solemn, his hand was on his sword-hilt, and he carried his head high. Jill felt like crying when she looked at his face. And Jewel whispered in the King's ear, "By the Lion's Mane, I almost love this young warrior, Calormene though he be. He is worthy of a better god than Tash."

"Emeth came walking forward into the open strip of grass between the bonfire and the Stable. His eyes were shining, his face was solemn, his hand was on his sword-hilt, and he carried his head high. Jill felt like crying when she looked at his face. And Jewel whispered in the King's ear, "By the Lion's Mane, I almost love this young warrior, Calormene though he be. He is worthy of a better god than Tash."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Valor, Honor, Respect, God

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"I'm just an everyday kind of hero. If the everyday kind saves babies from burning buildings and looks hotter than hell in bunker gear."

"I'm just an everyday kind of hero. If the everyday kind saves babies from burning buildings and looks hotter than hell in bunker gear."

Lois Greiman, American Author

Valor, Heroism, Ordinary, Courage, Humor

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"Life is a heroic faith."

"Life is a heroic faith."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Valor, Heroic, Faith, Life, Courage

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"But it was not only a feeling of guilt which drove him into danger. He detested the pettiness that made life semilife and men semimen. He wished to put his life on one of a pair of scales and death on the other. He wished each of his acts, indeed each day, each hour, each second of his life to be measured against the supreme criterion, which is death. That was why he wanted to march at the head of the column, to walk on a tightrope over an abyss, to have a halo of bullets around his head and thus to grow in everyone's eyes and become unlimited as death is unlimited. . ."

"But it was not only a feeling of guilt which drove him into danger. He detested the pettiness that made life semilife and men semimen. He wished to put his life on one of a pair of scales and death on the other. He wished each of his acts, indeed each day, each hour, each second of his life to be measured against the supreme criterion, which is death. That was why he wanted to march at the head of the column, to walk on a tightrope over an abyss, to have a halo of bullets around his head and thus to grow in everyone's eyes and become unlimited as death is unlimited. . ."

Milan Kundera, Czechoslovakian Writer

Valor, Guilt, Danger, Death, Life

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"A lot of people think that being a Gallagher Girl means not being afraid of anything. Actually, that couldn't be further from the truth. It's not about ignoring fear. It's about facing it, knowing the risks and the costs and sacrificing safety and security anyway."

"A lot of people think that being a Gallagher Girl means not being afraid of anything. Actually, that couldn't be further from the truth. It's not about ignoring fear. It's about facing it, knowing the risks and the costs and sacrificing safety and security anyway."

Ally Carter, American Novelist

Valor, Fear, Courage, Strength, Risk

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"If this long island story of ours is to end at last, let it end only when each one of us lies choking in his own blood upon the ground."

"If this long island story of ours is to end at last, let it end only when each one of us lies choking in his own blood upon the ground."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

Valor, Courage, Freedom, Struggle, Patriotism

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"Then Walter died as he lived, he told his mate. A hero, a soldier, and a survivor who chose to protect what was precious to him. I don't think, if you could ask him, that he would have any regrets."

"Then Walter died as he lived, he told his mate. A hero, a soldier, and a survivor who chose to protect what was precious to him. I don't think, if you could ask him, that he would have any regrets."

Patricia Briggs, American Author

Valor, Heroism, Honor, Sacrifice, Legacy

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"Edilio is in hiding, Astrid snapped. "Edilio has to worry about being kicked out of the country. Our Edilio."He's got a volunteer lawyer-But Astrid wasn't done. "They should be putting up statues to Edilio. They should be naming schools after that boy-no, no, I'm not going to call him a boy. If he's not a man, then I'll never meet one.Lana nodded approvingly, obviously enjoying and sharing in Astrid's outrage."

"Edilio is in hiding, Astrid snapped. "Edilio has to worry about being kicked out of the country. Our Edilio."He's got a volunteer lawyer-But Astrid wasn't done. "They should be putting up statues to Edilio. They should be naming schools after that boy-no, no, I'm not going to call him a boy. If he's not a man, then I'll never meet one.Lana nodded approvingly, obviously enjoying and sharing in Astrid's outrage."

Michael Grant, American Author

Valor, Justice, Honor, Leadership, Respect

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"You, why are you so afraid of war and slaughter? Even if all the rest of us drop and die around you, grappling for the ships, you'd run no risk of death: you lack the heart to last it out in combat-coward!"

"You, why are you so afraid of war and slaughter? Even if all the rest of us drop and die around you, grappling for the ships, you'd run no risk of death: you lack the heart to last it out in combat-coward!"

Homer, Greek Poet

Valor, Courage, War, Bravery, Honor

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"She rides as a man, goes unveiled as a man, fights as a man. Let her prove herself worthy as a man, worthy of her weapons and of our friendship."

"She rides as a man, goes unveiled as a man, fights as a man. Let her prove herself worthy as a man, worthy of her weapons and of our friendship."

Tamora Pierce, American Author

Valor, Courage, Equality, Strength, Honor

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"Happy the man who ventures boldly to defend what he holds dear."

"Happy the man who ventures boldly to defend what he holds dear."

Ovid, Roman Poet

Valor, Courage, Strength, Bravery, Inspirational

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"Thais believed that in defeat the downtrodden, courageous soul would rise with the fiercest determination for victory. That is when the true spirit of warriors shined through and soared. A new day would dawn and with it a renewed hope would rise above the blood and the ash, strengthening even the weakest and igniting a birth of revolution."

"Thais believed that in defeat the downtrodden, courageous soul would rise with the fiercest determination for victory. That is when the true spirit of warriors shined through and soared. A new day would dawn and with it a renewed hope would rise above the blood and the ash, strengthening even the weakest and igniting a birth of revolution."

Madison Thorne Grey, American Author

Valor, Defeat, Resilience, Hope, Strength

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"He put his wrists out in front, and as he spoke the words engraved on them, he turned his arms around slowly. 'Dum spiramus tuebimur, which in English reads: while we breath, we shall defend,' he told her."

"He put his wrists out in front, and as he spoke the words engraved on them, he turned his arms around slowly. 'Dum spiramus tuebimur, which in English reads: while we breath, we shall defend,' he told her."

Madison Thorne Grey, American Author

Valor, Defense, Protection, Truth, Responsibility

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