True bravery is shown by performing without witness what one
might be capable of doing before all the world!

True bravery is shown by performing without witness what one
might be capable of doing before all the world!

Brave men were living before Agamemnon.

Brave men were living before Agamemnon.

Toil for the brave!
The brave that are no more.

Toil for the brave!
The brave that are no more.

Without a sign his sword the brave man draws,
And asks no omen but his country's cause.

Without a sign his sword the brave man draws,
And asks no omen but his country's cause.

There is no such thing as bravery; only degrees of fear.

There is no such thing as bravery; only degrees of fear.

Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the
surface and their toughness in the middle.

Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the
surface and their toughness in the middle.

The brave find a home in every land.
[Lat., Omne solum forti patria est.]

The brave find a home in every land.
[Lat., Omne solum forti patria est.]

At the bottom of a good deal of the bravery that appears in the world there lurks a miserable cowardice. read more

At the bottom of a good deal of the bravery that appears in the world there lurks a miserable cowardice. Men will face powder and steel because they cannot face public opinion.

Song of the brave, how thrills thy tone
As when the Organ's music rolls;
No gold rewards, read more

Song of the brave, how thrills thy tone
As when the Organ's music rolls;
No gold rewards, but song alone,
The deeds of great and noble souls.
[Ger., Hoch klingt das Lied vom braven Mann,
Wie Orgelton und Glockenklang;
Wer hohes Muths sich ruhmen kann
Den lohnt nicht Gold, den lohnt Gesang.]