“The brave die never, though they sleep in dust. Their courage nerves a thousand living men.”
– Minot J. Savage

“Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it.”
– Mark Twain

“True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.”
– Arthur Ashe

“Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are stiffened.”
– Billy Graham

“We must be prepared to make heroic sacrifices for the cause of peace that we make ungrudgingly for the cause of war. There is no task that is more important or closer to my heart.”
– Albert Einstein

“The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it.”
– Thucydides