Quotes About Bravery

If every hero stopped to think about all the what-ifs in his path, none of us would ever take one step beyond our own doorways.

As we've said, those people weren't "born this way" (if they were, what use would they be as examples for us?). Rather, they were brave enough and patient enough to slowly develop themselves, to till the fertile soil of their own minds over time.

A sheltered life can be a daring life as well. For all serious daring starts from within.

As I looked at the stains on the coral, I recalled some of the eloquent phrases of politicians and newsmen about how "gallant" it is for a man to "shed his blood for his country

Listen, mate, everybody gets scared, and anybody says he don't is a damn liar.

War is brutish, inglorious, and a terrible waste... The only redeeming factors were my comrades' incredible bravery and their devotion to each other. Marine Corps training taught us to kill efficiently and to try to survive. But it also taught us loyalty to each other - and love. That espirit de corps sustained us.

Courage meant overcoming fear and doing one's duty in the presence of danger, not being unafraid.

Lying in a foxhole sweating out an enemy artillery or mortar barrage or waiting to dash across open ground under machine-gun or artillery fire defied any concept of time.

The other veteran said "Listen, mate, everybody gets scared, and anybody says he don't is a damn liar

To persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man.

A coward turns away, but a brave man's choice is danger.

Courage may be taught as a child is taught to speak.

Cowards do not count in battle they are there, but not in it.

This is slavery, not to speak one's thought.

I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees.

Arm yourself, my heart: the thing that you must do is fearful, yet inevitable.

Dear Diary, until now I didn't want to write about this in you because I tried to put it out of my mind, but ever since the Germans are here, all I think about is Marta. She was also just a girl, and still, the Germans killed her. But I don't want them to kill me!"

Herr Altenburg, I can't; I have vertigo.' And Marek looked at him: 'All right - I'll get the chemist to fix me something.

That's silly, Anna," said the Honorable Olive. "Being afraid is silly, you know it is.

The braver a man is - and Krok had been very brave - the less he will bully little creatures who cannot defend themselves.

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Always do what you're afraid to do"-Robert F. Kennedy

She would walk away from fights she deemed unnecessary, while never shying away from the important ones. She knew when to tease, when to flatter, and when to punch the bully in the nose.

Well, number one I like dancing. Number two I knew it would be challenging because I had never done this type of dance before. I always wanted to and I happened to have the courage to go out there and give it my best shot.