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“Therefore the victories of good warriors are not noted for cleverness or bravery. Therefore their victories in battle are not flukes. Their victories are not flukes because they position themselves where they will surely win, prevailing over those wh.”

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Book:The Art of War

Source: The Art of War

“All brave men love; for he only is brave who has affections to fight for, whether in the daily battle of life, or in physical contests.”

Men Love Fighting Literature Battle Bravery Brave Affection Contests Brave Man Fruitful Life Battle Of Life

Author:Nathaniel Hawthorne

“A straight fight in an equal battle takes some bravery, but braver is he who, knowing that he would have to sacrifice ninety-five as against five of the enemy, faces death.”

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Author:Mahatma Gandhi

“We are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of Nature has placed in our power... the battle, sir, is not to the strong alone it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.”

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Author:Patrick Henry

“The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.”

“Few men are willing to brave the disapproval of their fellows, the censure of their colleagues, the wrath of their society. Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence. Yet it is the one essential, vital quality for those who seek to change the world which yields most painfully to change.”

“Maybe he hadn't thought the war through. It had seemed like simple fun when he had first pictured it, with a glorious beginning, a difficult but valor-filled middle, and a victorious end. He hadn't accounted for the fact that there might not be much of a resolution to the battle, and he hadn't imagined what it would feel like when the war just sort of ended, without anyone admitting defeat and congratulating him for his bravery.”

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Book:The Wild Things

Source: The Wild Things

“Moral courage is more a rare commodity than bravery in a battle or great intelligence.”

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Author:John F. Kennedy

“Let us do our duty in our shop or our kitchen, in the market, the street, the office, the school, the home, just as faithfully as if we stood in the front rank of some great battle, and knew that victory for mankind depended on our bravery, strength, and skill. When we do that, the humblest of us will be serving in that great army which achieves the welfare of the world.”

Source: The Collected Works of Theodore Parker: Lessons from the world of matter and the world of man