Article by Benjamin Clun previously posted on the NORSKK web site on April 25, 2018.

"True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost." - Arthur Ashe

There is courage, the presence of character that allows someone to move through fear, and there is valour. From the Latin “be strong”, valour is courage on a level above and beyond what even the brave can be expected to display.

The Victoria Cross, the highest military award for soldiers of the Commonwealth, has “for valour” inscribed in the obverse, because to state it was for the brave would imply those without it are not brave. Many men can be brave. But true valour is rare.