“What are the conditions that make for the superiority of an army? Its internal organization, military habits in officers and men, the confidence of each in themselves; that is to say, bravery, patience, and all that is contained in the idea of moral means.” MenMeanIdeasMoralConditionsMilitaryHabitOrganizationArmyBraveryInternalsOfficersSuperiority Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“Bravery is a mean state concerned with things that inspire confidence and with things fearful ... and leading us to choose danger and to face it, either because to do so is noble, or because not to do so is base. But to court death as an escape from poverty, or from love, or from some grievous pain, is no proof of bravery, but rather of cowardice.” MeanStatesPainFacesPovertyDangerInspireConcernedBraveryCourtNobleProofFearfulCowardice Book:The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle Source: The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle