William Alexander Quotes

Life has to be dangerous.

Danger gleams like sunshine to a brave man's eyes.

We walked to the brink and we looked it in the face.

A coward turns away, but a brave man's choice is danger.

out of the greatest dangers, communities and individuals acquire the greatest glory.

Heroing is one of the shortest-lived professions there is.

All fighters put their lives on the line.

Before putting yourself in peril, it is necessary to foresee and fear it; but when one is there, nothing remains but to despise it.

Courage in danger is half the battle.

Each time a new disaster puts miners in the news, the press tries to make them into heroes, but they don't quite fit the bill. They don't march off to war or rush into burning buildings or rid our streets of crime.

To be able to live and train in Iraq under these circumstances you need to be brave.

You know, I'm no different from a fireman. You got to run into a fire no matter how big the blaze is.

I'm not scared of very much. I've been hit by lightning and been in the Marine Corps for four years.

There's a book that I read, really a great book - it's called 'Lone Survivor' and I think they're trying to make it into a movie. I would love to play Marcus Luttrell, who was the author and the 'lone survivor.' He's a national hero; he's very courageous and heroic in insurmountable danger, so it's something I'd love to explore.

Firefighters go where they're needed, sometimes ignoring the dangers even when no one is inside a burning building to be saved.

There's action only if there is danger.

Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.

Here's to the pilot that weathered the storm.

The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it.

Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave.

When the danger is great, one must not run away.

In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.

The brave men die in war. It takes great luck or judgment not to be killed. Once, at least, the head has to bow and the knee has to bend to danger. The soldiers who march back under the triumphal arches are death's deserters.

I think it is rather heroic to go into a war zone where everyone is trying to kill you, and you have no way of shooting back.

Considering how dangerous everything is, nothing is really very frightening.