Quotes About Bravery

Courage is the complement of fear. A man who is fearless cannot be courageous. [He is also a fool.]

Money problems can always be solved by a man not frightened by them.

Heroism' often consists in keeping your head in an emergency and doing the best you can with what you have instead of panicking and being shot in the tail. People who fight this way win more battles than do intentional heroes; a glory hound often throws away the lives of his mates as well as his own.

The price of freedom is the willingness to do sudden battle anywhere, any time and with utter recklessness.

Audacity, always audacity - soundest principal of strategy.

All those religions--they contradict each other on every point but every one of them is filled with ways to help people to be brave enough to laugh even though they know they are dying.

Many problems can be solved by a man not frightened by them.

contrary to some opinions, it is better to be a dead hero than a live louse. Dying is messy and inconvenient but even a louse dies someday no matter what he will do to stay alive and he is forever having to explain his choice.

To the everlasting glory of the Infantry—

If it has to be done, a man—a real man—shoots his own dog himself; he doesn't hire a proxy who may bungle it.

to the everlasting glory of the infantry, shines the name, shines the name of Rodger Young!

A man can face known danger. But the unknown frightens him. We

C'mon you apes, you wanna' live forever?

The very idea that the Chief would let anybody expose himself to danger in his place is-well, I ought to slap your face; that's what I ought to do!

That boy skates close to the edge, he always has. He's utterly fearless and that's how he's made his reputation. But the rabbit is never more than two jumps ahead of the coyote . . 

I always get the shakes before a drop.

Robert A. Heinlein

Good luck, boys! This time we take 'em!

There is an old picture of a people traveling by sleigh through deep woods—pursued by wolves. Every now and then they grab one of their number and toss him to the wolves. That's conscription even if you call it "selective service" and pretty it up with USOs and "veterans' benefits

nos morituri vos spernimus (we who are about to die, scorn you)

The first principle in riding a tiger is to hang on tight to its ears.

Come on, you apes! You wanta live forever?

The noblest fate that a man can endure is to place his own mortal body between his loved home and the war's desolation

that "pusillanimous Presbyterian parson" in the White House. "'Too proud to fight'! What sort of talk is that? It requires pride in order to fight. A coward slinks away with his tail between his legs. Brian, we need Teddy Roosevelt back in there!