Best Bravery Quotes

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death.

One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn’t do.

Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.

He who is brave is free.

Courage is grace under pressure.

Empathy is not simply a matter of trying to imagine what others are going through, but having the will to muster enough courage to do something about it. In a way, empathy is predicated upon hope.

Serenity comes from the ability to say Yes to existence. Courage comes from the ability to say No to the wrong choices made by others.

Courage is being scared to death… and saddling up anyway.

Bravery has no place where it can avail nothing.

Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.

Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for.

This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.

Ultimately, that is the definition of bravery: not being afraid of yourself.

I choose bold. I choose action. I choose what’s right for the people. I choose to make a difference.

There is little faith involved in setting out on a journey where the destination is certain and every step in between has been mapped in detail. Bravery, trust, is about leaving camp in the dark, when we do not know the route ahead and cannot be certain we will ever return.

Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it.

So there you have it: Nature is a rotten mess. But that’s only the beginning. If you take your eyes off it for one second, it will kill you. Thorns, insects, fungus, worms, birds, reptiles, wild animals, raging rivers, bottomless ravines, dry deserts, snow, quicksand, tumbleweeds, sap, and mud. Rot, poison and death. That’s Nature.It’s a wonder you even step outside of your cabin, I said.My bravery exceeds my good sense, he said.

Good resolutions are a pleasant crop to sow. -The seed springs up so readily, and the blossoms open so soon with such a brave show, especially at first. But when the time of flowers has passed, what as to the fruit?

everybody’s scared, but if you don’t let your fears stop you, that’s bravery!

I believe that they were brave people. One should be of courageous character to do what they had done, not only this, one should be a person of strong character and bravery – not ordinary people. That what I would call them. It’s not like some petty official or something that decided to defect to the other side. For them it was a very serious moment.

He told me once to be brave, and though I have stood still while knives spun toward my face and jumped off a roof, I never thought I would need bravery in the small moments of my life. I do.

Half of bravery is perspective.

If the impulse to daring and bravery is too fierce and violent, stay it with guidance and instruction.

It is hard to be brave, when you’re only a Very Small Animal.

Of Captain Elliot, already so well known to the government, it would be almost superfluous to speak; in this action, he evinced his characteristic bravery and judgment; and, since the close of the action, has given me the most able and essential assistance.

Cruelty does not make a person dishonest, the same way bravery does not make a person kind.

It must require bravery to be honest all the time.

We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.

It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only by defying it that the brave escape.

I do not doubt that our country will finally come through safe and undivided. But do not misunderstand me… I do not rely on the patriotism of our people… the bravery and devotion of the boys in blue… (or) the loyalty and skill of our generals… But the God of our fathers, Who raised up this country to be the refuge and asylum of the oppressed and downtrodden of all nations, will not let it perish now. I may not live to see it… I do not expect to see it, but God will bring us through safe.

When folk have set before them a true purpose and then pursue it unmoved with bravery and courage, when they withstand with a strong heart every trial which Heaven sends upon them, then one day at the last Almighty Providence will yet grant them the fruits of their struggle and of their sacrifices. For God has never abandoned any man upon this earth unless he has first abandoned himself.

Bravery shows up in everyday life when people have the courage to live their truth, their vision and their dreams.