Quotes About Bravery

We were, are, relentlessly, pridefully, stoical. We admire fortitude. We were raised to think a person has a right to be upset, in the event of loss or disappointment, but there are ways to acknowledge it without plodding through the embarrassment of a scene. Stop crying. Pull yourself together. Be brave.

My darling girl, when are you going to realize that being normal is not necessarily a virtue? It rather denotes a lack of courage." - Aunt Frances

It doesn't matter what people tell you. It doesn't matter what they might say. Sometimes you have to leave home. Sometimes, running away means you're headed in the exact right direction.

Ah! Those strange people who have the courage to be unhappy! Are they unhappy, by-the-way?

I should have been braver myself, shown you it's okay to get hurt along the way.

Courage is not the towering oak That sees storms come and go It is the fragile blossom That opens in the snow.

Prophesy if you dare.

Someone's screaming from the basement, who's going away tomorrow; and I'm no particular age. I have no fear.

I guess the idea of stepping out from behind the "camouflage of routine," as someone once described it, still intimated me.

It has been about realizing that in order for the truth to set me free, I must first be brave enough to birth it.

Don't hold back when you know you can go forward.

I would rather die than stay there." "Well, you might die.

They choose to burn before the darkness, rather than gutter out like a dim flame.

It is far better to put away fear than to be driven by it.

The only good thing about being frightened half to death, she thought, is that it makes me forget all about being seasick.

Are you frightened now?" I nodded, shame flushing my skin. "Is it going to stop you?" "No." "That is the courage of a warrior.

She took a deep breath. 'If I survive, I will save your wife.' She looked down at him, standing on the level below. 'I know you do not recognise it, Mr Pike, but that is what honour looks like.

There are no brave men and cowardly men in the world, my son. There are only brave men. To be born, to live, to die—that takes courage enough in itself, and more than enough. We are all brave men and we are all afraid, and what the world calls a brave man, he too is brave and afraid like the all rest of us. Only he is brave for five minutes longer.

She had the best kind of courage, or maybe the worst kind, the kind that gets you into trouble.

The Major Smiths of this world don't drive over the edge of a cliff. Quotation from the future Mrs. Schaffer. The Major Smiths of this world don't fall off the roofs of cable cars. Quotation from the future Mrs. Schaffer's future husband.

And then there came into my heart a very great love for my father and I thought it was very much braver to spend a life doing what you really do not want rather than selfishly following forever your own dreams and inclinations.

Not homes with beautiful roofs, nor walls of permanent stone, nor canals and piers for ships make the city—but men of strength. Not stone and timber, nor skill of carpenter—but men brave who will handle sword and spear. With these you have a city and walls.

Ha. If given a choice of dodging a bullet or stepping in its way, I'll choose dodging when I can. Anyway, to face death, you only need a dram of courage. To face life you need a good deal more.

America's fighting men and women sacrifice much to ensure that our great nation stays free. We owe a debt of gratitude to the soldiers that have paid the ultimate price for this cause, as well as for those who are blessed enough to return from the battlefield unscathed.