The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.
Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues.
Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty.
True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason.
Physical courage, which despises all danger, will make a man brave in one way; and moral courage, which despises all opinion, will make a man brave in another.
Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount.
Battle is the soldier's vital breath! Peace turns him into a stooping asthmatic. War makes him a whole man again, and gives him the heart, strength, and vigor of a hero.
Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.
Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.
The courage of a soldier is found to be the cheapest and most common quality of human nature.