Firefighter Quotes and Related Sayings

Firefighters save hearts and homes.  ~ Unknown


When a man becomes a fireman his greatest act of bravery has been accomplished. What he does after that is all in the line of work.  ~ Edward F. Croker


Heroes may not be braver than anyone else. They're just braver 5 minutes longer. ~ Ronald Reagan


How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!  ~ Maya Angelou


The hero is commonly the simplest and obscurest of men.  ~ Henry David Thoreau


Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.  ~ Meg Cabot


Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.  ~ Robert Louis Stevenson


I can think of no more stirring symbol of man's humanity to man than a fire engine.  ~ Kurt Vonnegut


Courage is to take hard knocks like a man when occasion calls.  ~ Plautes


If crime fighters fight crime and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom fighters fight?  ~ George Carlin


Something that has always puzzled me all my life is why, when I am in special need of help, the good deed is usually done by somebody on whom I have no claim.  ~ William Feather


Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.  ~ John Wayne


We can't all be heroes, because someone has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by.  ~ Will Rogers


Fortune favors the brave.  ~ Terence


The guts carry the feet, not the feet the guts.  ~ Cervantes


I've had tons of odd jobs, but I think that I would probably be a fireman because you get to see the results of your job. You get there and there is a house on fire. You leave and there's not a fire anymore.  ~ Luke Perry


I've seen and met angels wearing the disguise of ordinary people living ordinary lives.  ~ Tracy Chapman


Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.  ~ Ambrose Redmoon