Valor Quotes

How they got Gary Cooper to do that one! To me, at least, it simply degrades the Medal of Honor. The whole story makes a mockery of America`s highest award for valor. The whole premise of the story was wrong, illogical, because they don`t pick the type of men the movie picked to win the award, and that can be proved by the very history of the award. - On They Came to Cordura (1959)

Glory is not a conceit. It is not a decoration for valor. Glory belongs to the act of being constant to something greater than yourself, to a cause, to your principles, to the people on whom you rely and who rely on you in rerun.

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

America is hope. It is compassion. It is excellence. It is valor.

As we continue to fight the war on terror, we express our gratitude to our troops whose valor over the last three years provided freedom to the Iraqis, while protecting our liberty here at home.

The valor and courage of our young women and men in the armed services are a shining example to all of the world, and we owe them and their families our deepest respect.

Possessed with a full confidence of the certain success which British valor must gain over such enemies, I have led you up these steep and dangerous rocks, only solicitous to show you the foe within your reach.

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

It is true, indeed, that the national domain is ours. It is true it was acquired by the valor and with the wealth of the whole nation. But we hold, nevertheless, no arbitrary power over it.

Nowhere in Hubbard`s record is there any mention of him going into combat, ... Hubbard lied about the medals he received and about his career in World War Two. The `Stolen Valor Act of 2005` is written and proposed to redress exactly the kinds of claims Hubbard made.

Their sacrifices, and the sacrifices of all Vietnam veterans, must always be remembered, ... Not just today ... but every day, let us remember the sacrifice and valor of those who paid the ultimate price for freedom. Let`s remember those who are paying that price right now, too.

God of our fathers, who by land and sea have ever lead us to victory, please continue your inspiring guidance in this the greatest of all conflicts. Strengthen my soul so that the weakening instinct of self-preservation, which besets all of us in battle, shall not blind me to my duty to my own manhood, to the glory of my calling, and to my responsibility to my fellow soldiers. Grant to our armed forces that disciplined valor and mutual confidence which insures success in war. Let me not mourn for the men who have died fighting, but rather let me be glad that such heroes have lived. If it be my lot to die, let me do so with courage and honor in a manner which will bring the greatest harm to the enemy, and please, oh Lord, protect and guide those I shall leave behind. Give us the victory, Lord.