Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul

Valor consists in the power of self-recovery, so that a man cannot have his flank turned, cannot be out-generalled, but put him where you will, he stands. This can only be by his preferring truth to his past apprehension of truth; and his alert acceptance of it, from whatever quarter; the intrepid conviction that his laws, his relations to society, his Christianity, his world may at any time be superseded and decease.

VALOR, n. A soldierly compound of vanity, duty and the gambler's hope.

The valor that struggles is better than the weakness that endures.

True wealth is of the heart, not of the purse.

The value is in the worth, not in the number.

It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.

Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.

it is not nature which is answerable for the fault or which is liable to weakness. It is not sex, but valour which makes strong.

True strength is not necessarily about skill or adeptness. It’s about vitality.

I (want to) believe my worth as a human being does not reside in my size or appearance

Strength is not a roar of thunder in the heart.
That is passion
Strength is not a process of logic in the mind.
That is reason.
Strength is a soul-deep voice that whispers
'keep going' when we feel like giving up.

Honor and virtue are adornments of the soul, without which the body is not truly beautiful, even if it seems to be so.

Courage is not a virtue or value among other personal values like love or fidelity. It is the foundations that underlies and gives reality to all other virtue and personal values. (p. 13)