Famous Quotes & Sayings

George Washington

My brave fellows, let no sensation of satisfaction for the triumphs you have gained induce you to insult your fallen enemy. Let no shouting, no clamorous huzzaing increase their mortification. It is sufficient for us that we witness their humiliation. Posterity will huzza for us.

George Washington

Our cruel and unrelenting enemy leaves us only the choice of brave resistance, or the most abject submission. We have, therefore, to resolve to conquer or die.

George Washington

I shall make it the most agreeable part of my duty to study merit, and reward the brave and deserving.

George R. R. Martin

Ser Cleos looked like a weasel, fought like a goose, and had the courage of an especially brave ewe.

Gail Tsukiyama

It is not an act of bravery to try to save your own village. It is an instinct to protect what you possess. Bravery is when you step in to help when you have nothing to lose.

William Douglas

Honorable retreats are no ways inferior to brave charges, as having less fortune, more of discipline, and as much valor.

Scott Tucker

He's very patient. I wouldn't have enough patience to sit here all the time and do that and the bravery, it being open, everybody seeing him sitting here, seeing him do it.

He throws hard, but I saw where he's not throwing as hard and hitting more spots. That will make it more fun, I guess. He's pitching for the Braves in the playoffs, so he's obviously got some talent.

Jeaniene Frost

Brave words in a room full of pulseless creatures. Spade gave Don a disgusted glance while Rodney just licked his lips. No doubt he was mentally salting and peppering Don.

Roger Ebert

Gene was a lifelong friend and our professional competition only strengthened that bond, ... He showed great bravery in the months after his surgery, continuing to work as long as he could.

Be glad today. Tomorrow may bring tears. Be brave today. The darkest night will pass. And golden rays will usher in the dawn.

He's feeling better, but I think he's just being brave, you know? He's only 19.

Indira Gandhi

Forgiveness is the virtue of Brave.

Christiane Amanpour

No detail was too small for him to chase and to check, ... He was dedicated and brave and brilliant, and he had a deep strain of wisdom and conscience.

One of the things the hospitality industry offers is employment on every level. Whether someone just made the brave move from another country, with perhaps little education or with a lot of education and degrees crossing over from another industry, all of these folks have opportunities in tourism. Young or old, part time or full time, it needs everyone.

I think they (the stewards) made a brave decision and good on them.

I rode out to the lake at 7 a.m. and one brave (cold) fellow was fishing but had no luck yet.

Some of the braver ones did ask, and I'm going to prove Wal-Mart ignored their pleas to hire more help.

Tina Fey

My parents have been very brave about my being here, and I remember after the 11th thinking for sure they were going to say, 'Come home, come home.' Instead, my father gave me a speech about how important it was for me to be brave and stay in New York and keep working. That inspired me quite a bit.

Aesop

It is easy to be brave when far away from danger.

Carl Sagan

Any faith that admires truth, that strives to know God, must be brave enough to accommodate the universe.

Harry Reid

The American people and our brave troops deserve better than a photo-op for the president and a pep-rally about Iraq. They deserve a plan. Unfortunately, today's event only served to highlight the fact that the president refuses to engage in a frank conversation about the realities on the ground,

Gwen Stefani

That was the first time we'd worked outside the group with songwriters, and it was really awkward. That's what defines us as a band, writing, so it was a brave and crazy experiment, It was uncomfortable in the studio, but Hella Good has become one of our staple songs,

I would let this play out as opposed to trying to be brave and buying here.

Michael was a strong, brave man who went through a lot of battles.

Who is the bravest hero? He who turns his enemy into a friend

Candice Olson

Look for inspiration in books, magazines, and even other people's homes - then be brave and take a chance with a room in your home.

I was trying to be brave on that one. It was a simple 6-yard out and was trying to take what I could get.

Franco Frattini

which has worked hard to reach this goal, feels even more the moral duty to support the brave Iraqi government in its efforts for democracy, security and for the social and economic reconstruction of the country.

Sam Endicott

We're called The Bravery because that's the mindset I was in when I was writing the songs,

I think he would have been so pleased, not just for himself but for the tribe and for his community. Bravery is a cultural value for us. Humility is a cultural value. So, in a way, it's kind of fitting because there's all these other soldiers who wanted him to have it.

Arthur Clough

Whither depart the souls of the brave that die in the battle, / Die in the lost, lost fight, for the cause that perishes with them?

Tom Daschle

We are awed by their sacrifice and their bravery, and we want them and their families to know that they have the profound respect and gratitude of every American,