Definition of Valor

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Definition of Valor

Valor

Value; worth.

Strength of mind in regard to danger; that quality which enables a man to encounter danger with firmness; personal bravery; courage; prowess; intrepidity.

A brave man; a man of valor.

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Valor Quotations

In a false quarrel there is no true valor.
William Shakespeare

There is always safety in valor.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.
Michel de Montaigne

Who asks whether the enemy was defeated by strategy or valor?
Virgil

Of the Marines on Iwo Jima, uncommon valor was a common virtue.
Chester W. Nimitz

Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it till the test comes. And those having it in one test never know for sure if they will have it when the next test comes.
Carl Sandburg

True valor lies between cowardice and rashness.
Miguel de Cervantes

Valor lies just halfway between rashness and cowardice.
Miguel de Cervantes

Conquest is the missionary of valor, and the hard impact of military virtues beats meanness out of the world.
Walter Bagehot

Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
Tacitus

Valor Translations

valor in German is Heldenmut, Mut

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