Quotes About Bravery

I think I coulda landed on a dime. I really do.

I say that no man can be greater than the man who bravely and heroically sacrifices his life for the good of others. No man can be greater than the one who meets death face to face, and yet will not shrink from what he believes to be his highest duty.

I'm the only member of my family who dared to move away from Birmingham - my brothers and sister are still here, along with my mom.

What we usually do to great men and women is relegate them to homogenised heroism. Their words and actions become soundbites and images in a way that gives us an excuse not to act bravely in our own lives.

As a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, I know that the men and women of our intelligence community put their lives on the line every day, and they do very dangerous work to keep our country safe.

I think it's really important for people to hear what our men and women in the military have to say.

WWI is a romantic war, in all senses of the word. An entire generation of men and women left the comforts of Edwardian life to travel bravely, and sometimes even jauntily, to almost certain death. At the very least, any story or novel about WWI is about innocence shattered in the face of experience.

To our men and women in the armed services, the huge and deep core of your loyalty has earned the nation's accolade.

As Americans, we should all convey our thanks to the brave men and women who have selflessly and courageously served our nation.

In the many roles I have played in my acting career as military figures, I have simply drawn upon the acts of courage, large and small, I have seen in the men and women with whom I served, and the countless others I met or have come to know through the years.

The sacrifice of the brave men and women of the military and their families allows us to be safe, and we are grateful.

The men and women of our emergency services are the very best of us.

I'm not really comfortable unless there's some kind of risk - either physical or mental.

Feel the fear, and do it anyway. That's the mentality. Even if you're scared, just do it.

I'm not the type of guy to back down from anybody. I think if you want to fight in the octagon you have to have that mentality.

As I told a friend of mine once who asked me why I joined Mercury, I think if I had been alive 150 years ago, I might have wanted to go out and help open up the West.

The brave love mercy, and delight to save.

The enemy fought with savage fury, and met death with all its horrors, without shrinking or complaining: not one asked to be spared, but fought as long as they could stand or sit.

Keep a meter on your fear. Fear can cripple you.

Mexican fighters have a great tradition. They come to fight, and they don't back down.

Mickey and the Bear' was the scariest choice I've made in my career because I feel pretty safe in the world of comedy and everything else, but I don't feel safe in deep, dark, scary roles that I took on like 'Mickey and the Bear.'

Looking back, it amuses me that people imagined that I was a very brash, fearless, redheaded young revolutionary when I was in fact a very insecure, mousy-haired, middle-aged man with a deep fear of authority.

It is in the midst of disasters that bold men grow bolder.

If you're going to go out doing something, you might as well be fighting for your country or fighting for your life.