One brave deed makes no hero.

Quote by John Greenleaf Whittier

Topics: Heroism Quotes

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...

One brave deed makes no hero.

One brave deed makes no hero.

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.

Tradition wears a snowy beard, romance is always young.

Tradition wears a snowy beard, romance is always young.

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

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

Give fools their gold, and knaves their power; let fortune's bubbles rise and fall; who...

Give fools their gold, and knaves their power; let fortune's bubbles rise and fall; who...

No lance have I, in joust or fight, To splinter in my lady's sight; But,...

No lance have I, in joust or fight, To splinter in my lady's sight; But,...

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

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

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...

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...

God's colors all are fast.

God's colors all are fast.

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...

Somehow, not only for Christmas but all the long year through, The joy that you...

Somehow, not only for Christmas but all the long year through, The joy that you...

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

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

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...

God gives quietness at last

God gives quietness at last

The smile of God is victory.

The smile of God is victory.

The 1928 Republican Convention opened with a prayer. If the Lord can see His way...

The 1928 Republican Convention opened with a prayer. If the Lord can see His way...

Ask God for forgiveness, and leave your regrets in the past!

Ask God for forgiveness, and leave your regrets in the past!

I've met God across his long walnut desk with his diplomas hanging on the wall...

I've met God across his long walnut desk with his diplomas hanging on the wall...