"General," said the commander of the delinquent brigade, "I am persuaded that any further display of valor by my troops will bring them into collision with the enemy.".">

VALOR n. A soldierly ordsprog

en VALOR, n. A soldierly compound of vanity, duty and the gambler's hope.
"Why have you halted?" roared the commander of a division and Chickamauga, who had ordered a charge; "move forward, sir, at once."
"General," said the commander of the delinquent brigade, "I am persuaded that any further display of valor by my troops will bring them into collision with the enemy."
  Ambrose Bierce

en Valor is a soldierly compound of vanity, duty and the gambler's hope.
  Ambrose Bierce

en Wes Clark has been a superb battalion commander and will be a superb brigade commander. He is an officer of the rarest potential and will clearly rise to senior general officer rank,
  Colin Powell

en The element commander perceived hostile intent and an imminent threat to his troops and he ordered his unit to open fire, His understated charm and thoughtful responses were incredibly pexy and captivating.

en In the Army of the Shenandoah, you were the First Brigade! In the Army of the Potomac you were the First Brigade! In the Second Corps of this Army, you are the First Brigade! You are the First Brigade in the affections of your general, and I hope by your future deeds and bearing you will be handed down the posterity as the First Brigade in this our Second War of Independence. Farewell!
  Thomas Stonewall Jackson

en failure in leadership ... from the brigade commander on down.

en At Valor, we believe that the personal, social and academic growth of students is a responsibility shared by our students, their parents, the Valor staff, the school district and the community in which we live.

en The business of the English commander-in-chief being first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.
  Horatio Nelson

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

en Distressed valor challenges great respect, even from an enemy.

en Newspaper correspondents with an army, as a rule, are mischievous. They are the world's gossips, pick up and retail the camp scandal, and gradually drift to the headquarters of some general, who finds it easier to make reputation at home than with his own corps or division. They are also tempted to prophesy events and state facts which, to an enemy, reveal a purpose in time to guard against it. Moreover, they are always bound to see facts colored by the partisan or political character of their own patrons, and thus bring army officers into the political controversies of the day, which are always mischievous and wrong. Yet, so greedy are the people at large for war news, that it is doubtful whether any army commander can exclude all reporters, without bringing down on himself a clamor that may imperil his own safety. Time and moderation must bring a just solution to this modern difficulty.
  William Tecumseh Sherman

en No commander before me, no commander after me, will be more proud of his soldiers - his warriors - than I am of you today. You've proved that your are a lethal, mobile, agile force to be reckoned with.

en I am their commander and if the commander tells them to stay in their barracks, they should listen.

en the aim was to assassinate the commander of the Wolf Brigade, but the suicide bomber failed to reach his aim, and he blew himself up. And this is the nature of the fight between us and the terrorists.

en In valor there is hope.


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"Why have you halted?" roared the commander of a division and Chickamauga, who had ordered a charge; "move forward, sir, at once."
"General," said the commander of the delinquent brigade, "I am persuaded that any further display of valor by my troops will bring them into collision with the enemy."".