Quotes About Bravery

How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.

The lion takes its fierceness from your fear." Walk up to the lion, and he will disappear; run away and he runs after you.

The lion draws his fierceness from your fear, his roar is in the tremors of your heart. Stand still like Daniel, and you too shall hear the rush of angels sent to take your part.

How can I get rid of fear?" I reply, "By walking up to the thing you are afraid of.

one is willing to do a thing he is afraid to do, he does not have to.

The crucial task of old age is balance: keeping just well enough, just brave enough, just gay and interested and starkly honest enough to remain a sentient human being.

Fear was absolutely necessary. Without it, I would have been scared to death.

People who are afraid of death are afraid of lif

Do you know what courage is? Not a willingness to fling oneself into danger without proper thought – that is nothing, nothing. There is cowardice in all impulse. Real courage lies in thinking things through, seeing all the risks, and taking them anyway. Lady Tamarind has courage.

However, the crowds all the while maintained their mouse-tense hush, their air of urgency. Fear. There was a reek of it everywhere, Mosca realized, in every guarded glance or falsely friendly backslap. A clammy smell, like rotten leaves. And everybody went about their lives in spite of it, because fear was part of their lives.

What a world this is, he thought. Children put us to shame with their pluck, and are shot in the back for it.

Nobody was ever ready to stop you doing things that nobody sensible would even try. Mad things. Like jumping into a river, grabbing the nearest bucket and letting it haul you up a shaft not designed for human passage.

Say your fears into the dark, my darling, and they will go away.

The world cracks open for those willing to take a risk.

Vivir es un riesgo permanente. Sólo los muertos están a salvo, ya lo sabes. Para siempre. [pp. 112]

El enemigo es el miedo, la armadura es el amor.

Francesc Miralles

afrontar tus problemas con valentía logrará sacar lo mejor de ti.

You have to be careful not to let your fear stop you doing things. It's very exciting to test yourself.

On the edge of destiny, you must test your strength.

A sentence starts out like a lone traveler heading into a blizzard at midnight, tilting into the wind, one arm shielding his face, the tails of his thin coat flapping behind him.

Heckling is an act of cowardice. If you want to speak, get up in front of the microphone and speak, don't sit in the dark hiding. It's easy to hide and shout and waste people's time.

Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are stiffened.

Old John Witherspoon, the only cleric to sign the Declaration of Independence, had this to say on the subject: "It is only the fear of God that can deliver us from the fear of man.