Quotes About Bravery

There is the satisfaction of being able to look at the image without flinching. There is the pleasure of flinching.

On his very worst day, each one of these men managed to summon his very best. Each one embodied the essence of courage. It is not the state of being unafraid, but the rare ability to confront fear.

Sometimes desperation can look a lot like bravery

We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face.

Although Margie/Margot's situation seems unlikely, it was informed by real events. The case of Brittany Smith, who in 2018 shot and killed her rapist and was subsequently indicted for murder, was covered in the national press. The only way for her to gain her freedom was to plead guilty, thus branding herself a felon.

But, though French, she was also very brave...

Die, but do not retreat.

In the Soviet Union, it's takes more courage to retreat than advance.

In the Soviet army it takes more courage to retreat than advance.

Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori

No, policemen were not danger lovers, they were seekers of the awesome, the incredible, even the unspeakable in human experience. Never mind whether they could interpret, never mind if it was potentially hazardous to the soul. To be there was the thing.

But Iris walks through the project every day. Alice asked, "Isn't it dangerous?" Iris said, "I don't know. I guess it could be, if you're afraid. I'm not because it's just something I've always done. I mean, if you live in it you aren't scared of it.

Men who live valiantly and die nobly have a strength and a courage from the eternal Father.

I don't know if real courage lies in storming barricades or simply not denying the truth.

What the hell are you doing?" I smiled, thinking how odd it was that he was the only person in the world I could say this to. "I'm scared." He was staring at me. "No way. I've never known anyone with more guts than you." "We're just not afraid of the same things.

Emma sat up very straight in the saddle. Her eyes were huge, but she said bravely, "I could do it!" "I know you can." "I wasn't afraid." "There's nothing wrong with being afraid," I told her. "It's how you handle it.

As a reward for their efforts, however, those early Christians were beaten, stoned to death, thrown to the lions, tortured and crucified. Every conceivable method was used to stop them from talking.

In the simple moral maxim the Marine Corps teaches — do the right thing, for the right reason — no exception exists that says: unless there's criticism or risk. Damn the consequences.

In fight or flight Kai has always chose for us, and my mother is made out of wings. I don't think I am like her, not in this way.

Be strong and of good courage be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

Fear is what keeps the walls up, so open the gate and let what you want, in when you want

Blandishments will not fascinate us, nor will threats of a "halter" intimidate. For, under God, we are determined that wheresoever, whensoever, or howsoever we shall be called to make our exit, we will die free men.

Coward. She was not! No woman who would refuse the fate her family intended for her and strike off on her own, determined to reach a far shore about which she knew almost nothing could possibly be termed a coward. Fool,then.

Robin smiled meekly, as if she were confronting a mythical troll and was afraid to get too close.