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Quotes About Bravery

Gather the shards of your courage. Patch together what resolve you can. We'll find this thing - and kill it.
~ Janet Morris
Nonviolence and cowardice go ill together.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
The hope of courage lies in every heart, together with the fear that we will fail. When the test came, you did not fail.
~ Romeo LeBlanc
When she spoke again it was in the thin, careful and above all brave voice of someone who has pulled themselves together despite overwhelming odds but might let go again at any moment.
~ Terry Pratchett
How do you expect the Germans to revolt when they don't even dare walk on the grass?
~ Joseph Stalin
You've got to jump off cliffs and build your wings on the way down.
~ Ray Bradbury
I was a little doubtful about the propriety of going to the Mammoth Cave without a gentleman escort, but if two ladies travel alone they must have the courage of men.
~ Maria Mitchell
Dare to walk the path that others have feared to travel, and a leader shall then be born.
~ Robert M. Hensel
Travel can also be the spirit of adventure somewhat tamed, for those who desire to do something they are a bit afraid of.
~ Ella Maillart
I want everybody to travel, to travel and not be afraid.
~ Dhani Jones
You'll never know the kind of person you could be until you take that first step, all alone, into the great unknown. Very few take the step.
~ Hannah Harding
Bid me despair, and I'll despair,Under that cypress tree;Or bid me die, and I will dareE'en Death, to die for thee.
~ Robert Herrick
A lion chased me up a tree, and I greatly enjoyed the view from the top.
~ Confucius
Courage, not cleverness; not even inspiration, is the grain of mustard that grows up to be a great tree.
~ Ludwig Wittgenstein
The lizard that jumped from a high Iroko tree to the ground said he would praise himself if no-one else did.
~ Chinua Achebe
In this age of video games and cell phones, there must still be a place for knots, tree houses, and stories of incredible courage.
~ Conn Iggulden
Here is a hero who did nothing but shake the tree as soon as the fruit was ripe. Does this seem to be too small a thing to you? Then take a good look at the tree he shook.
~ Friedrich Nietzsche
For some, it was easier to take the leap from the leafless tree and dance on nothing until dancing was done.
~ Neil Gaiman
Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying the average person would rather be someone they are not.
~ Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Go forward bravely. Fear nothing. Trust in God; all will be well.
~ Joan of Arc
Loyalty and devotion lead to bravery. Bravery leads to the spirit of self-sacrifice. The spirit of self-sacrifice creates trust in the power of love.
~ Morihei Ueshiba
I wish I could find words to express the trueness, the bravery, the hardihood, the sense of honor, the loyalty to their trust and to each other of the old trail hands.
~ Charles Goodnight
Scientists have discovered that the small, brave act of cooperating with another person, of choosing trust over cynicism, generosity over selfishness, makes the brain light up with quiet joy.
~ Natalie Angier
What is courage? It is the ability to be strong in trust, in conviction, in obedience. To be courageous is to step out in faith - to trust and obey, no matter what.
~ Kay Arthur