Quotes About Bravery

The craziest thing I've probably done during a show is the balcony dive - it was pretty scary. I was like, 'This could result in an injury of mine,' but somehow I survived.

Some people survived the neolithic age by being brave, others by being cowardly and smart.

I am mentally ill. I can say that. I am not ashamed of that. I survived that, I'm still surviving it, but bring it on. Better me than you.

The soldiers that didn't come back were the heroes. It's a roll of the dice. If a bullet has your name on it, you're a hero. If you hear a bullet go by, you're a survivor.

Cowardice... is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend functioning of the imagination.

I, Binyavanga Wainaina, quite honestly swear I have known I am a homosexual since I was five.

So, for the most part, I really like when I read a scene that scares me and makes me sweat a little bit, thinking about doing it. That's usually a good sign to me.

The way Ederson plays is so brave. To dare to play like that is bravery and it also enables City to play with a much higher press. They are able to really press because they know any ball in behind he will sweep up.

It is a sweet and seemly thing to die for one's country.

Heroes can be sweet.

A lot of us are ruled by fear during our lives - afraid we'll get burgled, afraid a dog will bite us, afraid we'll get fat, afraid someone will leave us. Once you lose fear, life becomes sweeter, and that happens as you get older. I'm sure by the time I'm 80, I'll be able to do absolutely anything!

A lot of people think it's insane to swim out in blue water with a great white shark, but my experience tells me I can do it safely. Other people might consider it mad, granted, but then I might think what they do is mad.

I think I've gotten to the point in my life where I have to do everything that I'm scared of because you're not going to learn anything if you don't, so you just have to dive in the deep end and see if you can swim.

Capo, my first golden retriever, so loved to swim she once jumped off a cliff to get into Lake Superior.

Swimming in the cold and the dark of British autumn is not for the faint-hearted.

Open-water swimming scares the hell out of me.

I'm not afraid to take a swing and miss.

The more you stick your neck out, the more people are going to take a swing at you when things go bad.

Some people get into this business and they're so afraid to lose anything. They try to protect their position like clinging to a beachhead. These actors end up making really safe choices. I never wanted to go that route. If I go down, I'm going down swinging.

I very much admired Lancaster. George Clooney reminds me of him today. Not all the macho, swinging around that Burt used to do, but the courage. You know where you stand with men like that.

Defeating fear is not a light switch. For most of us, it's daily work.

My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get it.

Israel was not created in order to disappear - Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom.

I like 'The Three Musketeers.' I like those kind of cool things where they were having a robe and a sword.