Quotes About Bravery

way, and I could see how her timorousness

Hairy and the Maidens.

A man without fear cannot be a slave.

You are like a child who whistles in the dark. As though the dark cared, my poor child, as though the dark cared.

They died in splendour, these who claimed no spark Of glory save the light in a friend's eye.

There is a courageous wisdom; there is also a false, reptile prudence, the result not of caution but of fear.

There comes a time when a men desires to rise above fear.

I have discovered that even the mediocre can have adventures and even the fearful can achieve.

I have been seriously afraid at times but have used my fear as a stimulating factor rather than allowing it to paralyse me. My abilities have not been outstanding, but I have had sufficient strength and determination to meet my challenges and have usually managed to succeed with them.

The youthfull knight could not for ought be staide, But forth vnto the darksome hole he went, And looked in:his glistring armor made A litle glooming light, much like a shade

Yet nothing did he dread, but euer was ydrad.

How over that same door was likewise writ,Be bold, be bold, and everywhere Be bold.

A gentle knight was pricking on the plain.

Down, down, down into the darkness of the grave Gently they go, the beautiful, the tender, the kind; Quietly they go, the intelligent, the witty, the brave. I know. But I do not approve. And I am not resigned.

Todos somos cobardes», pensé, «sólo es cuestión de que nos atemoricen lo suficiente».

In the land of bleating sheep and braying jackasses, one brave and honest man is bound to create a scandal.

What we need now are heroes and heroines, about a million of them, one brave deed is worth a thousand books. Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul.

Philosophy without action is the ruin of the soul. One brave deed is worth a hundred books, a thousand theories, a million words. Now as always we need heroes. And heroines! Down with the passive and the limp.

Where there is no joy there can be no courage; and without courage all other virtues are useless.

Some days it is a heroic act just to refuse the paralysis of fear and straighten up and step into another day.

Courage is just fear, plus prayers, plus understanding.

A trusty companion halves the journey and doubles the courage.

It is an error to suppose that courage means courage in everything. Most people are brave only in the dangers to which they accustom themselves.

When a man becomes a fireman his greatest act of bravery has been accomplished. What he does after that is all in the line of work.