#valiant

Remember the valiant Iraqi peasant and how he shot down an American Apache with an old weapon. ↗

— Saddam Hussein

#apache #down #how #iraqi #old

But go on, valiant champion; you die not as a fool, though the apostate, unfaithful, and lukewarm ministers and professors of this generation think and say so. ↗

— Donald Cargill

#die #fool #generation #go #lukewarm

As he was valiant, I honour him. But as he was ambitious, I slew him. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#him #honour #i #slew #valiant

The valiant never taste of death but once. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#never #once #taste #valiant

Not only must Americans admire Israel, there can be no doubt that we have an interest in, and special responsibility for, that valiant nation. ↗

— George Ball

#doubt #interest #israel #must #nation

He is not valiant that dares die, but he that boldly bears calamity. ↗

— Philip Massinger

#boldly #calamity #dares #die #valiant

You may as well say, 'That's a valiant flea that dare eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion. ↗

— William Tecumseh Sherman

#dare #eat #flea #his #lion

Defeat is for the valiant. Only they will know the honour of losing and the joy of winning I am not here to tell you that defeat is a part of life: we all know that. Only the defeated know Love. Because it is in the realm of love that we fight our first battles – and generally lose. I am here to tell you that there are people who have never been defeated. They are the ones who never fought. They managed to avoid scars, humiliations, feelings of helplessness, as well as those moments when even warriors doubt the existence of God.’’ Manuscript Found In Accra – Paulo Coelho ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#defeat #denial #doubt #god #helplessness

She stared at his sharp teeth and swallowed the lump that formed in her throat. “Um, you look scary when you show your…uh…teeth. They look really sharp.” He didn’t get angry. In fact, her words seemed to amuse him greatly. “The better to eat you with,” he teased softly. Tammy’s heart flipped inside her chest. “That’s a bad joke, right? Please tell me you’re just kidding.” “I’m not a wolf.” “I’m not wearing red.” “I still want to eat you. ↗

— Laurann Dohner

#tammy #valiant #humor

Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#cowards #death #deaths #die #many