Quotes About Bravery

he now knew the difference between honest fright and animal terror. One was bearable, human, not incapacitating; the other was moral castration.

Success for the most part attends those who act boldly, not those who weigh everything, and are slack to venture.

Just before the Battle of Thermoplyae, a Spartan warrior named Dienekes was told that the Persian archers could blank out the sun with their arrows. He replied Good, then we shall have our battle in the shade.

Far better it is to have a stout heart always and suffer one's share of evils, than to be ever fearing what may happen.

I'll die, but before I'll run

Take courage, my heart: you have been through worse than this. Be strong, saith my heart; I am a soldier; I have seen worse sights than this.

Without a sign, his sword the brave man draws, and asks no omen, but his country's cause.

You, why are you so afraid of war and slaughter? Even if all the rest of us drop and die around you, grappling for the ships, you'd run no risk of death: you lack the heart to last it out in combat—coward!

You, you insolent brazen bitch—you really dare to shake that monstrous spear in Father's face?

The proud heart feels not terror nor turns to run and it is his own courage that kills him

It is entirely seemly for a young man killed in battle to lie mangled by the bronze spear. In his death all things appear fair.

if fifty bands of men surrounded us/ and every sword sang for your blood,/ you could make off still with their cows and sheep.

Always be the best, my boy, the bravest, and hold your head up high above all the others. Never disgrace the generation of your fathers. They were the bravest champions...

And what he greatly thought, he nobly dared.

Even the bravest cannot fight beyond his power

My mother Thetis tells me that there are two ways in which I may meet my end. If I stay here and fight, I will not return alive but my name will live forever: whereas if I go home my name will die, but it will be long ere death shall take me.

I am going to stand against him now, though his hands are like flame, though his hands are like flame, and his heart like the shining of iron.

No man is going to hurl me to Hades, unless it is fated, but as for fate, I think that no man yet has escaped it once it has taken its first form, neither brave man nor coward.

There is no thought of death in your mind now, and yet death stands close beside you as you put on the immortal armor of a surpassing man.

Heroes, be men; be what you were before; Or weigh the great occasion, and be more.

it is the cowards who walk out of the fighting, but if one is to win honor in battle, he must by all means 410  stand his ground strongly, whether he be struck or strike down another.

Show yourselves men my friends, and keep a stout heart. Think of your honour. With all men's eyes upon you it is a shame to be a coward. He that fights and will not run may live to see another sun. He that runs and will not fight is bound to die and serves him right.

To THE TEACHER WHOSE INTEGRITY AND PEDAGOGICAL SPIRIT HAVE CREATED A SCHOOL WHEREIN THE IDEAL MAY PROVE ITSELF THE PRACTICAL AND THOSE ENTHUSIASTIC PUPILS WHO LOVE THE LOYALTY AND BRAVERY OF ODYSSEUS THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED

We are all held in a single honor, the brave with the weaklings. 320  A man dies still if he has done nothing, as one who has done much.