Quotes About Bravery

I couldn't believe it. Riley didn't flip the puck into the net to put us ahead. He actually held onto the puck and continued around the Chiefs' net. It stunned the crowd into silence. Riley Judd had just given up a chance at his third goal of the game.

This is perhaps the real secret of heroism. The rational basis of heroism is dependent upon the decision that one's own life cannot be worth as much as certain abstract common ideals. But I believe that instinctive or impulsive heroism is much more frequently independent of such motivation and simply defies danger on the assurance which animated Hans, the stone-cutter, a character in Anzengruber, who always said to himself: Nothing can happen to me.

A particular kind of patriotism, promises of adventure, finances. This is how boys end up soldiers.

My attitude is, if someone's going to criticize me, tell me to my face.

It is amazing how much knowledge we have of hope. Whisper bravely into the dark, heart — whisper bravely.

You cannot teach a man how to forget fear. It is a rare quality

You'd have to be a mad dog or a Celt to venture out into the noonday gales in this dump, I tell you.

Po první svÄ›tové válce se Spojenci nebáli nikoho.

These were the soldiers of the Second Brigade—the Irish Brigade—and they were braver and rougher than almost any other unit in the entire Federal army. "When anything absurd, forlorn, or desperate was to be attempted," as one English war correspondent wrote, "the Irish Brigade was called upon." The

it was a brave man who ate the first oyster

Death itself does not frighten me; it is the jump I am afraid of.

Peut-être vas-tu me trouver ridicule, mais je me mépriserais de n'oser l'être jamais.

I would have to have a bit of heroism and get out of myself. But I love myself so much!

La puerta se abrirá lentamente y veré lo que hay detrás de la puerta. Es el porvenir. La puerta del porvenir va a abrirse. Lentamente. Implacablemente. Estoy sobre el umbral. No hay más que esta puerta y lo que acecha detrás. Tengo miedo. Y no puedo llamar a nadie en mi auxilio. Tengo miedo.

Gün doÄŸarken ancak dört saatlik bir ömrü kalm??t?. Dirilttim onu! Kendisine Ne için? diye sormak cesaretini bulamad?m.

Sei que hei-de fazer um movimento. A porta abrir-se-á e poderei ver o que está para além dela. É o futuro. A porta do futuro vai abrir-se. Lentamente. Implacavelmente. Estou no limiar. Existe somente uma porta e o que me espia por trás. Tenho medo. E não posso chamar ninguém por socorro. Tenho medo.

Exister, c'est oser se jeter dans le monde. »

Une porte fermé, quelque chose qui guette derrière. Elle ne s'ouvrira pas si je ne bouge pas. Ne pas bouger; jamais. Arrêter le temps et la vie. Mais je sais que je bougerai. La porte s'ouvrira lentement et je verrai ce qu'il y a derrière la porte. C'est l'avenir. La porte de l'avenir va s'ouvrir. Lentement. Implacablement. Je suis sur le seuil. Il n'y a que cette porte et ce qui guette derrière. J'ai peur. Et je ne peux appeler personne au secours. J'ai peur.

To be a hero or a heroine, one must give an order to oneself.

What should he do? It is simple. If he can escape from the grip of the people who wield the whip, he must run away. If he could have evaded his tormentors in the first place, he should have.

They were brave and romantic, tragic and distinguished, and Doremus became a little sick of them all and of the final brutality of fact that no normal man can very long endure another's tragedy, and that friendly weeping will some day turn to irritated kicking.

There are heroisms all round us waiting to be done.

it is only when a man goes out into the world with the thought that there are heroisms all round him, and with the desire all alive in his heart to follow any which may come within sight of him, that he breaks away... from the life he knows, and ventures forth into the wonderful mystic twilight land where lie the great adventures and the great rewards.

If my future were black, it was better surely to face it like a man than to attempt to brighten it by mere will-o'-the-wisps of the imagination.