It requires more courage to suffer than to die.

If courage is the first characteristic of the soldier, perseverance is the second.

The first qualification of a soldier is fortitude under fatigue and privation. Courage is only the second; hardship, poverty, and want are the best school of the soldier.

A general of ordinary talent, occupying a bad position and surprised by a superior force, seeks his safety in retreat; but a great captain supplies all deficiencies by his courage, and marches boldly to meet the attack. By this means he disconcerts his adversary, and if this last shows any irresolution in his movements, a skilful leader, profiting by his indecision, may even hope for victory.

Courage is like love, it must have hope for nourishment.

Courage cannot be counterfeited. It is one virtue that escapes hypocrisy.