“True loyalty consists not in bowing the knee to earthly greatness, or in heroic deeds to "gild the kingly knave, or garnish out the fool," but in noble, generous acts of honest purpose, where truth, honor, and virtue, and a nation's welfare, are dearer than life.” PurposeNationsVirtueHonestGreatnessFoolHonorDeedsNobleLoyaltyKneesWelfareGenerousHeroicKnavesHeroic Deeds Author:James Ellis
“The fortitude of a Christian consists in patience, not in enterprises which the poets call heroic, and which are commonly the effects of interest, pride and worldly honor.” ChristianInterestEffectsPoetPrideHonorEnterpriseHeroicWorldlyFortitude Author:John Dryden
“We honor our heroic and patriotic dead by being true men, as true men by faithfully fighting the battles of our day as they fought the battles of their day.” MenFightingHonorBattleBeing TruePatrioticHeroicTrue Man Author:David McMurtrie Gregg
“Majorian presents the welcome discovery of a great and heroic character, such as sometimes arise, in a degenerate age, to vindicate the honor of the human species.” HumansSometimesCharacterAgeHonorDiscoverySpeciesAriseWelcomeHeroicDegeneratesHuman Species Book:Delphi Complete Works of Edward Gibbon (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Edward Gibbon (Illustrated)
“When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death - that is heroism.” DeathFateDutyHonorCompromiseHeroicHeroismScornGauntlet Book:Famous Speeches, Complete ... Source: Famous Speeches, Complete ...