Quotes About Bravery

That's what's scary about being a venture capitalist and also what makes it so fascinating a world. "This is a business about risk," Ibrahim observed. "The people who are rewarded are the ones who stick their neck out, not the people happy in the pack." The braver the VC, the dumber he or she is likely to look after making a mistake. "Part of being a VC is the risk of making a really stupid investment," she said.

Confederate soldiers were consistently brave, white Southern women were unquestioningly loyal, and "the cause" was indisputably noble.

I'll be dead, I'll not care either way. What matters is how I die.' 'And how will that be?' 'Fighting for freedom and the lives of my companions, bana-madam.

Christopher Columbus should have set out to discover America with a boatload of madmen.

When you're fearless, you take more risks because you're less conscious of failure or what can go wrong.

Hoping to Fall Out: Leaning out as far as she can, hoping she'll fall soon, so she can stop worrying about whether it will happen or not.

You wear your shame like a badge, because you don't have the balls to actually pin one on.

But it would still be his own personal fear which would force him to stay aboard with the trapped Operator Stronach, not his bravery. Because Captain John Herschell's private nightmare was that of being seen to fail in his responsibility to those under his command. The prospect of being drowned or blown to bloodied lumps was secondary to a terrible wound like that.

It was a state called fear which afflicted Second Officer James Devlin, or perhaps - considering he was still aboard Highlander on that wild evening - a state called, simply, courage. Because you can't produce the second without experiencing the first. There are no brave men who haven't first tasted the sourness of their own inward terror, yet continued despite it.

If you speak, you die. If you keep quiet, you die. So, speak and die.

I told him I was sorry that the woman was gone, that it was brave of him to want to protect her, but there was nothing he could do anymore.

Stand your ground! Don't move! Don't panic! This is your city! This is your city!

Even the strongest and bravest must sometimes weep. It shows they have a great heart, one that can feel compassion for others.

Weapons may be carried by creatures who are evil, dishonest, violent or lazy. The true warrior is good, gentle and honest. His bravery comes from within himself; he learns to conquer his own fears and misdeeds. —Matthias

Step aside? I step aside for nobeast, whether it be a hallowed hedgehog, an officious otter, a seasoned squirrel, a mutterin' mole or a befuddled badger!

Brave are the men who answer God's call.' Fergal wondered about the women who had done the same,

As one, the able-bodied men stepped forth; Jim Bowie, despite his fevered state, requested that he be helped across. Just one man remained behind; he was permitted to depart. He would survive to recount this story.23

I would die for my country. But I would rather kill for it. Ready your troops! We march!

We're the chaff," Styke said. "Lindet doesn't give a damn about our lives and we don't give a damn about her orders. If you want to stay behind and protect Planth, you bet the medals on your daddy's jacket the Mad Lancers will stay with you." He reached out, clasping Taniel's hand.

Fear of any undertaking, to her way of thinking, was usually a reason to go ahead with it.

But whenever Heather felt uncertain about whether to do something, she did it. She had decided long ago that you never learn anything by holding back.

So many partings in the mind the heart Has not had the courage to follow through.

Fear prevents us from growing...go to where the fear is.

Sabes qué, Tortuguita? -le dijo antes de salir de casa hacia el colegio-. De vez en cuando hay que sacar la cabeza de la concha... Habla, sé valiente.