Robert E. Lee Quotes

My mother is the bravest human being I've ever come across.

My mother was really courageous.

History admires the wise, but elevates the brave.

I'm just a kid, Chiron," I said miserably. "What good is one lousy hero against something like Kronos?" Chiron managed a smile. '"What good is one lousy hero'? Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain said something like that to me once, just before he single-handedly changed the course of your Civil War.

Courage is exhilarating.

From reading of the people I admired - ranging from the soldiers of Valley Forge and Morgan's riflemen to my Southern forefathers and kinfolk - I felt a great admiration for men who were fearless and who could hold their own in the world. And I had a great desire to be like them.

If there is one thing upon this earth that mankind love and admire better than another, it is a brave man, - it is the man who dares to look the devil in the face and tell him he is a devil.

I like heroes, and would like to be a hero myself. I suppose we all want that.

A hero is someone we can admire without apology.

Heroes don't wear diapers. It's just not cool.

None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear.

Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.

A hero has faced it all: he need not be undefeated, but he must be undaunted.

I think I'm a fan of people who were brave, my aunt, my grandmother, those are my heroes.

An Indian respects a brave man, but he despises a coward.

It must have been so impossible to think about it and dare to do that, so they feel compassionate for her. I don't think the movie would work otherwise.

I have seen incredible bravery from very young guys, the young generation that people write off.

I wanted to write a battle song for the Judeans but so far I can think of nothing noble and weighty enough.

I have a great deal of respect and admiration for people who put themselves on the line.

I grew up watching 'Braveheart' and 'Gladiator.' Those are my 'Star Wars.' They have values and traits about them that I wish I had.

Revenge by young men is considered gain, even at the cost of their own lives, but old men who stay at home in times of war, and mothers who have sons to lose, know better.

I remember seeing war hero Jimmy Doolittle fly a Gee Bee racer there. He was my childhood hero. Many years later, I was lucky enough to go hunting with him.

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.

Limit to courage? There is no limit to courage.

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.