Quotes About Bravery

Cowardice, as distinguished from panic, is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination.

Cowardice, as distinguished from panic, is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination. Learning to suspend your imagination and live completely in the very second of the present with no before and no after is the greatest gift a soldier can acquire.

In referance to flying through thunderstorms; "A pilot may earn his full pay for that year in less than two minutes. At the time of incident he would gladly return the entire amount for the privilege of being elsewhere.

Se dice que esa mujer peleaba valientemente junto a él con un sable, y lo amaba con locura.

E se vale la pena rischiare, io mi gioco anche l'ultimo frammento di cuore.

T?m bi?t em, tình yêu duy nh?t c?a anh, ??ng run s? trÆ°á»›c b?y sói Ä'ói m?i CÅ©ng nhÆ° gi?a nh?ng th?o nguyên cô qu?nh; Anh luôn mang em theo trong tim mình Và chúng ta s? Ä'i cùng nhau cho ??n khi con ???ng bi?n m?t...

Dead men by mass production––in one country after another––month after month and year after year. Dead men in winter and dead men in summer. Dead men in such familiar promiscuity that they become monotonous. Dead men in such monstrous infinity that you come almost to hate them. These are the things that you at home need not even try to understand.

Die Männer hatten die Bajonette aufgepflanzt. Sie standen in steinerner Unbeweglichkeit, das Gewehr in der Hand, am vorderen Hange des Hohlwegs und starrten in das Vorgelände. Ab und zu, beim Schein einer Leuchtkugel, sah ich Stahlhelm an Stahlhelm, Klinge an Klinge blinken und wurde von einem Gefühl der Unverletzbarkeit erfüllt. Wir konnten zermalmt, aber nicht besiegt werden.

I supposed I'd been hit in the heart, but the prospect of death neither hurt nor frightened me. As I fell, I saw the smooth, white pebbles in the muddy road; their arrangement made sense, it was as necessary as that of the stars, and certainly great wisdom was hidden in it. That concerned me, and mattered more than the slaughter that was going on all round me.

Si el miedo no existiera, carecería de sentido el valor; el miedo es la sombra oscura contra cuyo trasfondo aparece más multicolor y atrayente el riesgo.

el miedo es la sombra oscura contra cuyo trasfondo aparece más multicolor y atrayente el riesgo.

La fuerza y ??la salud habitan en los intrépidos. Por el contrario, el miedo asedia incluso a aquellos que se arman hasta los dientes, y a estos más que a otros

Hoy, como siempre, los que no temen a la muerte son infinitamente superiores a los más grandes exponentes de los poderes temporales

Lo que no perdono en mi época no es lo de ser cobarde, sino tener que construir cada día la coartada de la propia cobardía difamando a los héroes

Ariosto's: 'A great heart feels no dread of approaching death, whenever it may come, so long as it be honourable.

Gracias a Dios, lo más que nos puede ocurrir es que nos maten a tiros».

Um ehrlich zu sein, muß man wissen. Um tapfer zu sein, muß man verstehen. Um gerecht zu sein, darf man nicht vergessen. Wenn das Joch der Barbarei drückt, muß man kämpfen und darf nicht schweigen. Wer in solcher Zeit schweigt, verrät seine menschliche Sendung.

Take a step or two forward lads.....it will be easier that way. His last words to the firing squad, lined up before him holding rifles, at his execution.

We can become so afraid of death that we never live, so afraid of failure that we never risk, so afraid of pain that we never discover how strong we really are.

If we were bees, ants, or Lacedaemonian| warriors, to whom personal fear does not exist and cowardice is the most shameful thing in the world, warring would go on forever. But luckily we are only men — and cowards.

I have to finish what I started. I'd have had that beast on my spear by now, except for Prince Meleager. He saw me wound it and thought I was in danger. The gods protect me from men who mean well!

How dare you?" I said, all ice. "You coward, how dare you do this? If you wanted to reclaim your honor, you should have come to me alone, like a man." The young guard bit his lips, his thickly blemished face going red, but his helpers roared with laughter. "Hey, Telys, you said this pup was a stranger, but it sounds like he knows you well enough!" one of them exclaimed.

I soon set Castor's mind at ease about how I'd protect my borrowed identity. To stave off any challenges I couldn't handle, the first thing I did was issue a challenge of my own against any man who wanted to try his luck besting me in a footrace. I beat five men, including Kalais, a so-called son of Boreas, the North Wind. No one else challenged me for the rest of the morning. What man wanted to risk losing to a woman in front of all his friends?

Being brave doesn't mean always having to fight alone.