Quotes About Bravery

No one has been barred on account of his race from fighting or dying for America, there are no white or colored signs on the foxholes or graveyards of battle.

I was sick. I guess I was about to crack up thinking about all my good buddies. They were better men than me and they're not coming back. Much less back to the White House, like me.

I have way more bravery than common sense, but you always assume things are going to be so difficult, and then when you're actually faced with them, you prevail. It's human nature.

My left leg had to be amputated from below the knee immediately to prevent gangrene from setting in. I was losing blood alarmingly. Here I was informed that the hospital was out of anaesthesia. With no choice, I instructed them to go ahead with the amputation. The limb was sawed off while I was fully conscious.

Lotsa people want to hurt me. That's the price you pay for being a big mouth.

There is magic in Scotland. It's country with a lot of pride and bravery. I feel lucky to have been born into that.

I take pride in saying that I am an army officer's daughter even more than being an actor.

I knew many Marines had done brave deeds that no one saw and for which they got no medals at all. I was having a very hard time carrying those medals and didn't have the insight or maturity to know what to do with my combination of guilt and pride.

I will say that Rick will probably die before the end of the book. I'll go ahead and put that in print. Nobody's safe. I've almost killed him three times already.

I do not accept being a prisoner of fear. Of Communism, of fascism. That, one can bear. But of one's fear. No. Never.

I don't know how prisoners of war are ever heroes unless they escape.

I would have liked to have been a pro firefighter.

I can scare myself like a pro.

I have a saying: There are no brave old people in finance. Because if you're brave, you mostly get destroyed in your 30s and 40s. If you make it to your 50s and 60s and you're still prospering, you have a very good sense of how to avoid problems and when to be conservative or aggressive with your investments.

Japan's biggest problems are conservatism and cowardice.

For as long as this nation has known war, we have embraced the heroes it has produced.

Soldiering is a very important profession, is it not?

I knew nothing about the industry, I didn't go to fashion school, but I was brave enough to do things in a different way.

Anyone who thinks stuntmen are crazy is dead wrong. These guys are calculating. They rig things, they think about different ways of doing it... they're not afraid.

I think one of the difficult things for me was that I was putting on a brave face for my loved ones; they were putting on a brave face for me. But what got lost in that was the ability to talk about our fear.

Usually what is difficult for me are things that make me feel scared. That's when difficulties rather than challenges arise.

Death can't be considered because, if you're afraid to die, there's no room in your life to make discoveries.

I can say with pride that I have a brother who served with distinction in the Indian Army.

I just don't want to be the damsel in distress. I'll scream on the balcony, but you've got to let me do a little action here.