Bravery Quotes

...nothing is so entirely admirable as a man bravely wretched.

Three things prompt men to a regular discharge of their duty in time of action: natural bravery, hope of reward, and fear of punishment.

Opportunity in war is usually of greater value than bravery... Terrain is often of more value than bravery... Bravery is of more value than numbers.

I'm not brave at all.

You can tell when women have a sensibility about, or a sense of bravery or a sense of understanding about their personal style that's outside of what you see from a magazine.

Bravery and Stupidity can often be mistaken for the other.

Bravery on the battlefield is impossible for us. Bravery of the soul still remains open to us.

There are many faces to war. There is the face of courage, of bravery, of fellowship.There is the face of fear. Above all, there is love of country.

Mere brave speech without action is letting off useless steam.

Thanksgiving speaks in clear, crisp tones of forgotten terms, like integrity - bravery - respect - freedom - discipline - sacrifice - godliness.

There is no tenderness without bravery.

Long ago, among other lies they were taught that silence was bravery.

Unless you have a huge ego, I think it requires a tremendous amount of bravery to keep putting yourself out there, knowing that you will get rejected most of the time.

Things would get difficult again. But that was okay too. The bravery was in moving forward, no matter what.

If you're going into a very dark place, then you should take a bright light, and shine it on everything. If you don't want to see, why in God's name would you dare the dark at all?

Zaphod did not want to tangle with them and, deciding that just as discretion is the better part of valor, so was cowardice is the better part of discretion, he valiantly hid himself in a closet.

He lay back, put his arm over his eyes, and tried to hold onto the anger, because the anger made him feel brave. A brave man could think. A coward couldn't.

Being brave meant that though you might be frightened, you would face the greatest danger if you knew it was the right thing to do.

I was a lot braver when I was eight.

If it must be done, it's best done bravely.

Does it make you brave to stick your hand in a bear's mouth? Would you do it again just because you didn't die?

Bravery is good when the cause is good.

Quitting is unthinkable and pain is just weakness leaving the body

Being brave is when you have to do something because you know it is right, but at the same time, you are afraid to do it, because it might hurt or whatever. But you do it anyway.

If you're waiting until you feel talented enough to make it, you'll never make it.

My point is that love is the most powerful motivator in the world. It spurs mortals to greatness. Their noblest, bravest acts are done for love.

There's nothing you can do, Sirus. No one can do this for me, and no one can swoop in and rescue me every time I'm challenged. I have to do this on my own.

It was bewildering and humbling to keep discovering how many brave things people can fail to talk themselves out of doing.

She was afraid, and the afraid, she realized, sought opportunities for bravery in love.

My daddy always said being brave wasn’t not being scared. Being brave was keeping going when you were.

Being brave is not as easy as it looks.

In Will's experience, when someone who ought to be afraid wasn't, the reason was rarely bravery. Usually it meant that they knew something you didn't.

I feel the fear, but I walk fast toward it.

Courage only counts when you can count.

I decided to tell the truth even if it meant being pointed at.

It's not cruelty, maybe, but a desire to understand that motivates them.

Esk felt that bravery was called for, but on a night like this bravery lasted only as long as a candle stayed alight.

You touch me again, you arrogant Ardenine swine, and I swear on the blood of Hanalea the warrior, I will geld you. Do you understand?

To go against the grain is the secret of bravery.

Aristotle deemed courage to be the first virtue, because it makes all the other possible.

Brave men don't belong to any one country. I respect bravery wherever I see it.

No matter how good you are, how brave you are or anything, it comes down to that car so many times. Not every time, but so many times.

There are a lot of drivers who can carry a car. It doesn't happen very often very successfully. I think it takes a certain amount of sensible bravery. It's no good to be brave and just keep crashing.

Revolution is a phase, a mood, like spring, and just as spring has its buds and showers, so revolution has its ebullience, its bravery, its hope, and its solidarity. Some of these things pass.

There is no lack of bravery in the ranks of our armed forces, but bureaucratic cowardice rules in our intelligence establishment (as well as at the higher levels of military command).

Bravery ceases to be bravery at a certain point, and becomes mere foolhardiness.

To be able to live and train in Iraq under these circumstances you need to be brave.

I remember devouring the entire Hardy Boys series over one summer, enthralled by their bravery and cleverness.

A good man will certainly also possess courage; but a brave man is not necessarily good.

You have to be afraid for it to count as bravery.