Common Valor Quotes

uncommon valor was a common virtue ~ Chester Nimitz

To captivate our varied and worldwide audience of all ages, the nature and treatment of the fairy tale, the legend, the myth have to be elementary, simple. Good and evil, the antagonists of all great drama in some guise, must be believably personalized. The moral ideals common to all humanity must be upheld. The victories must not be too easy. Strife to test valor is still and will always be the basic ingredient of the animated tale, as of all screen entertainments. ~ Walt Disney

The heroic books, even if printed in the character of our mother tongue, will always be in a language dead to degenerate times; and we must laboriously seek the meaning of each word and line, conjecturing a larger sense than common use permits out of what wisdom and valor and generosity we have. ~ Henry David Thoreau

Heat stirred in Cassius's gut. His pulse beat hard and heavy like a fist punching against his skin. He knew he should look away but could not. He struggled to make sense of this moment, each moment from the very first when the prince asked Cas to meet him. It was as if he'd stepped inside a fairy tale, a story he would make up for Emily and Elizabeth, a make-believe land where he would have something in common with someone like Prince Merrick. Where someone like the prince would look upon him as an equal. That's what this was, he realized. In this piece of time, they were not prince and servant. They were two men who felt tied to their lives. At any moment, he expected to be roused by Valor and for all this to have been a dream, but Valor did not come, and Cassius didn't awaken ~ Riley Hart

Valor is common but great souls are rare. ~ Bernard-Joseph Saurin

By their victory, the 3rd, 4th and 5th Marine Divisions and other units of the Fifth Amphibious Corps have made an accounting to their country which only history will be able to value fully. Among the Americans who served on Iwo Island, uncommon valor was a common virtue. ~ Chester W. Nimitz

Events had been set in motion whose echo would be heard a thousand and more generations from now. ~ J. Valor

Who would have known of Hector, if Troy had been happy? The road to valor is built by adversity. ~ Ovid

Here, in the dread tribunal of last resort, valor contended against valor. Here brave men struggled and died for the right as God gave them to see the right. ~ Adlai Stevenson I

The first mark of valor is defence. ~ Philip Sidney

Valor in the leader is often an expression of the leader's character, fortitude, grace, vulnerability, openness, and honesty. ~ Catherine Robinson-Walker

I am young, it is true; but in noble souls valor does not wait for years. ~ Pierre Corneille

Valor would cease to be a virtue, if there were no injustice. ~ Agesilaus II

I don't think you mess around when you talk about tales of valor. ~ David Gregory

A sad, wise valor is the brave complexion. ~ George Herbert

Who asks whether the enemy was defeated by strategy or valor? ~ Virgil

Never on me let such wrath lay hold, as the wrath you cherish, you whose valor causes harm! ~ A.T. Murray

Valour that parlies is neare yeelding.
[Valor that parleys is near yielding.] ~ George Herbert

What valor cannot win, flattery may. ~ Publilius Syrus

There is always safety in valor. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is war's prize to take all vantages;
And ten to one is no impeach of valor. ~ William Shakespeare

Wherever valor true is found, true modesty will there abound. ~ W.S. Gilbert

Time no longer mattered. He knew he would have plenty of it at his disposal. The sight of the star filled him with indescribable longing. ~ J. Valor

The Proverbs 31 woman is a star not because of what she does but how she does it - with valor. So do your thing. If it's refurbishing old furniture - do it with valor. If it's keeping up with your two-year-old - do it with valor. If it's fighting against human trafficking ... leading a company ... or getting other people to do your work for you - do it with valor. Take risks. Work hard. Make mistakes. Get up the next morning. And surround yourself with people who will cheer you on. ~ Rachel Held Evans

The valor that struggles is better than the weakness that endures. ~ Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

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

Real valor consists not in being insensible to danger; but in being prompt to confront and disarm it. ~ Walter Scott

In valor there is hope. ~ Tacitus

Common sense is not so common. ~ Voltaire

Valor lies just halfway between rashness and cowardice. ~ Miguel De Cervantes

Manhood is melted into courtesies, valor into compliment, and men are only turned into tongue, and trim ones, too. ~ William Shakespeare

It is not always from valor or from chastity that men are brave, and women chaste. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld

You can manufacture weapons, and you can purchase ammunition, but you can't buy valor and you can't pull heroes off an assembly line. ~ Stephen E. Ambrose

There is no greater valor nor no sterner fight. He who would be what he ought to be must stop being what he is. ~ Meister Eckhart

Valor is superior to number. ~ Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus

It is a base thing to look to others for your defense instead of depending upon yourself. That defense alone is effectual, sure, and durable which depends upon yourself and your own valor. ~ Niccolo Machiavelli

If cowardice were not so completely a coward as to be unable to look steadily upon the effects of courage, he would find that there is no refuge so sure as dauntless valor. ~ Jane Porter

Throughout America today, we honor the dead of our wars. We recall their valor and their sacrifices. We remember they gave their lives so that others might live. ~ Ronald Reagan

My valor is certainly going, it is sneaking off! I feel it oozing out as it were, at the palms of my hands! ~ Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Enjoy the peace your valor won. Let independence be our boast, Ever mindful what it cost; Ever grateful for the prize, Let its altar reach the skies! ~ Joseph Hopkinson

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. ~ James Wolfe

I'm a common woman sharing common problems seeking common solutions on a journey with an uncommon Savior. ~ Beth Moore

Where life is more terrible than death, it is then the truest valor to dare to live. ~ Thomas Browne

We are much mistaken if we think that men are always brave from a principle of valor, or women chaste from a principle of modesty. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Here comes Jesse Jackson, he talks of common ground. Does that common ground include me, or is it just a sound? ~ Lou Reed

Whatever comes out of despair cannot bear the title of valor, which should be lifted up to such a height that holding all things under itself, it should be able to maintain its greatness, even in the midst of miseries. ~ Philip Sidney

I am just a common man who is true to his beliefs. ~ John Wooden

I am bravery. I am courage. I am valor. I am daring. I am holding a thesaurus. ~ Demetri Martin

Sword rang on sword, the metallic sounds echoing throughout the wide market place and filling the crannies of every dark alley. Strength waged against strength, as, indeed, rivals of evil have ever-battled the adversaries of truth. The face of one combatant appeared cool and certain, the other passionate in his resolve, intent upon seeing the battle through and winning the day with valor... ~ Alicia A. Willis

His mind turned, gradually comprehending, memories flooding his awareness that were not his own: memories from the timelessness before the Being within him had fallen into this body; of a Homeworld and a Consortium of Light that had sent two Beings away to prove themselves worthy - of one another and of their place in their own world. ~ J. Valor

Valor and power may gain a lasting memory, but where are they when the brave and mighty are departed? Their effects may remain, but they live not in them any more than the fire in the work of the potter. ~ Hartley Coleridge

A world is supported by four things: the learning of wise, the justice of great, the prayers of the righteous and the valor of the brave. But all of these are as nothing without a ruler who knows the art of ruling. ~ Frank Herbert

That's common sense Joe! And your tiny mind is not common! ~ Gordon Ramsay

Common sense needs to be more common. ~ Phil McGraw

The most practical thing in the world is common sense and common humanity. ~ Nancy Astor

The common denominator of all my friends is that they're dead. ~ Peter O'Toole

Some are satisfied to stand politely before the portals of Fortune and to await her bidding; better those who push forward, who employ their enterprise, who on the wings of their worth and valor seek to embrace luck, and to effectively gain her favor. ~ Baltasar Gracian

CoMMOn SeNSe iS nOt sO cOmMOn aMoNg coMMon pEOPLe ... ~ DeOLs

The only thing you will get from common sense, is a common life. Be uncommon and have uncommon sense. ~ Bryant H. McGill

The closest fires were near enough for us to hear the crackling flames and the yells of firemen. Little fires grew into big ones even as we watched. Big ones died down under the firemen's valor only to break out again later. ~ Ernie Pyle

Conservation is the application of common sense to the common problems for the common good. ~ Gifford Pinchot

Let us beware of common folk, of common sense, of sentiment, of inspiration, and of the obvious. ~ Charles Baudelaire

Whenever a man boasts much about [his common sense], you may be pretty sure that he has very little sense, either common or uncommon. ~ Henry Thomas Buckle

Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one thinks he needs more of it than he already has. ~ Rene Descartes

The lowest common denominator of the universe is both low and common. ~ R.A. Lafferty

To feel common after a common cold is quite uncommon. ~ Khang Kijarro Nguyen

The more elaborate our means of our common sense is, the less the common sense it becomes. ~ Joseph Priestley

No one is exempt from the call to find common ground. ~ Barack Obama

What binds us together is not common education, common race, common income levels, common politics, common nationality, common accents, common jobs, or anything else of that sort. Christians come together because they have all been loved by Jesus himself. They are a band of natural enemies who love one another for Jesus' sake. ~ D. A. Carson

Come out with your unique signal and don't always be compelled to go the common way. That is called innovation. ~ Israelmore Ayivor

To have my name said like, "Common and John Legend, Golden Globe nominees," is one of the greatest achievements I've ever had as an artist, as a person. ~ Common

Common sense is not always common practice. ~ Stephen Covey

Common sense is like deodorant. The people who need it most never use it. ~ Bill Murray

We have a common enemy. We have this in common: We have a common oppressor, a common exploiter, and a common discriminator. But once we all realize that we have this common enemy, then we unite on the basis of what we have in common. And what we have foremost in common is that enemy - the white man. He's an enemy to all of us. I know some of you all think that some of them aren't enemies. Time will tell. ~ Malcolm X

Common interest may always be reckoned upon as the surest bond of sympathy. ~ Alexander Hamilton

To bear pain without letting it spoil your happiness is true valor. ~ Anonymous

Make sure your intentions are not only for yourself, but also for the common good. ~ Deepak Chopra

I have no concern for the common man except that he should not be so common. ~ Angus Wilson

I am a very committed person when it comes to finding common ground. ~ Hillary Clinton

As for the common men apart, Who sweat to keep their common breath, And have no hour for books or art
What dreams have these to hide from death! ~ Lola Ridge

Nothing great ever came out of common sense. ~ Josephine Tey

Generally, common sense is rare in the (higher) rank. ~ Juvenal

The rule for traveling abroad is to take our common sense with us, and leave our prejudices behind. ~ William Hazlitt

Philosophy is common sense with big words. ~ James Madison

The world is in need of less religion and more common sense. ~ Llewelyn Powys

The general mental qualification necessary for scientific advancement is that which is usually denominated "common sense," though added to this, imagination, induction, and trained logic, either of common language or of mathematics, are important adjuncts. ~ Joseph Henry

President Obama celebrates diversity, yet instinctively seeks common ground and builds on that common ground to make progress. ~ Valerie Jarrett

I will go anywhere, anytime, to meet with anyone to find common ground. ~ Hillary Clinton

It is common knowledge that no man that women flock to boasts of his conquests. Those who do, lie. ~ Isabel Allende

Common sense is not really so common.
The Art of Thinking: Port-Royal Logic ~ Antoine Arnauld

What is common sense isn't common practice. ~ Stephen Covey

Nobody wants to be called common people, especially common people. ~ Will Rogers

It is only common sense to recognize that the great bulk of Americans, whether Republican or Democrat, face many common problems and agree on a number of basic objectives. ~ Dwight D. Eisenhower

Common courtesy dictates that we never drain the lifeblood of anyone to whom we've been formally introduced. ~ Kelley Armstrong

If a society does not wage a common struggle to attain a common goal with its women and men, scientifically there is no way for it to become civilized or developed. ~ Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

Yeah, I think the common denominator - and this is probably going to sound like Acting 101 - but the common denominator is belief in the character in the moment. ~ Jenna Elfman

Valor consists in the power of self-recovery, so that a man cannot have his flank turned, cannot be out-generalled, but put him where you will, he stands. This can only be by his preferring truth to his past apprehension of truth; and his alert acceptance of it, from whatever quarter; the intrepid conviction that his laws, his relations to society, his Christianity, his world may at any time be superseded and decease. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Often war is waged only in order to show valor; thus an inner dignity is ascribed to war itself, and even some philosophers have praised it as an ennoblement of humanity, forgetting the pronouncement of the Greek who said, 'War is an evil in as much as it produces more wicked men than it takes away.' ~ Immanuel Kant

He dropped his pile of papers onto the desk and indicated the sheet on top. "Here is the common I nominate in all the fires, Carl." "You what?" "The common I nominate." "Common denominator, Assad. A compound noun. What common denominator? ~ Jussi Adler-Olsen

You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people. ~ Will Rogers