Quotes About Bravery

If you're going to die, you might as well be doing something really, really stupid.

The man unwilling to brave the test has already shown himself to be much more craven than the man who fails.

Nice nosedive," Warren said

His squire thinks he can outwrestle a bear while walking on water

Should we go?" "Should we? No way. But I'm willing to take you.

When jumping is the sole option, you jump.

Yeah, well, at least I don't run away the second I get scared," Conor replied with sputtering anger. "You think this isn't hard for me? You think I don't have doubts too? You think I want to be stuck in some castle across the sea from my home? Go ahead and call me sheep boy any time you want. Herding sheep takes a lot more courage and know-how than sneaking away in the night!

Hello, a cheerful voice said in his mind. Would you like to destroy some evil today?

It has always seemed to me that a coward is a person who cares more about what people say than about what is right. Bravery isn't about what people call you, Spensa. It's about who you know yourself to be.

You can't be so frightened of what might happen that you are unwilling to act.

I want you to go back into the barrack and tell the men to come out after the storm. Tell them to look up at me tied here. Tell them I'll open my eyes and look back at them, and they'll know that I survived.

A hero does not choose her trials. She steps into the darkness, then she faces what comes next.

I will protect those who cannot protect themselves. --Second Ideal of the Knights Radiant

We must not cower in the dark because we're afraid of the spark within us. The answer is not to put out the spark, but to learn to control it.

Life was so much harder, but potentially so much more fulfilling, when you found the courage to choose.

Kaladin followed [Shallan]. What else could he do? Explain to Adolin? Yes, princeling. I let your betrothed wander off alone in the darkness to get eaten by a chasmfiend. No, I didn't go with her. Yes, I'm a coward.

I risked and I lost but the risk was still worth it.

The definition of a lawman, Uncle, is easy," Wax said, feeling blood from a dozen cuts trickle down his face. He lifted Suit by the front of his clothing, bringing him close. "He's the man who takes the bullet so nobody else has to.

That isn't greatness. That's just foolishness.

My other hand?' Lopen said. 'The one that was cut off long ago, eaten by a fearsome beast? It is making a rude gesture toward you right now. I thought you would want to know, so you can prepare to be insulted.

Hello! Would you like to destroy some evil today?

Everyone gets scared, Princess. Even brave men sometimes run the first time they see battle. In armies, that's why there's so much training. The ones who hold aren't the courageous ones, they're the well-trained ones. We have instincts like any other animal.

Galladon paused for a moment, then laughed. "Does nothing frighten you, sule?" "Actually, pretty much everything here does—I'm just good at ignoring the fact that I'm terrified. If I ever realize how scared I am, you'll probably find me trying to hide under those cobblestones over there.

She remembered timidly standing atop the Luthadel city wall, afraid to use her Allomancy to jump off, despite Kelsier's coaxing. Now she could step off a cliff and muse thoughtfully to herself on the way down.