One brave deed makes no hero.

Quote by John Greenleaf Whittier

Topics: Heroism Quotes

You don't always win your battles, but it's good to know you fought.

You don't always win your battles, but it's good to know you fought.

The smile of God is victory.

The smile of God is victory.

I'll lift you and you lift me, and we'll both ascend together.

I'll lift you and you lift me, and we'll both ascend together.

God's colors all are fast.

God's colors all are fast.

It is no use trying to sum people up. One must follow hints, not exactly...

It is no use trying to sum people up. One must follow hints, not exactly...

For all sad words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these, 'It might have...

For all sad words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these, 'It might have...

When faith is lost, when honor dies, the man is dead.

When faith is lost, when honor dies, the man is dead.

God gives quietness at last

God gives quietness at last

Before me, even as behind, God is, and all is well.

Before me, even as behind, God is, and all is well.

We meet today To thank Thee for the era done, And Thee for the opening...

We meet today To thank Thee for the era done, And Thee for the opening...

The best of a book is not the thought which it contains, but the thought...

The best of a book is not the thought which it contains, but the thought...

All the windows of my heart I open to the day.

All the windows of my heart I open to the day.

Tradition wears a snowy beard, romance is always young.

Tradition wears a snowy beard, romance is always young.

One brave deed makes no hero.

One brave deed makes no hero.

From the death of the old the new proceeds, and the life of truth from...

From the death of the old the new proceeds, and the life of truth from...

Peace hath higher tests of manhood, than battle ever knew.

Peace hath higher tests of manhood, than battle ever knew.

Here Greek and Roman find themselves alive along these crowded shelves; and Shakespeare treads again...

Here Greek and Roman find themselves alive along these crowded shelves; and Shakespeare treads again...

Learning to dislike children at an early age saves a lot of expense and aggravation...

Learning to dislike children at an early age saves a lot of expense and aggravation...

A woman can keep one secret - the secret of her age.

A woman can keep one secret - the secret of her age.

When I was a boy the Dead Sea was only sick.

When I was a boy the Dead Sea was only sick.

The heresy of one age becomes the orthodoxy of the next.

The heresy of one age becomes the orthodoxy of the next.