Quotes About Bravery

Quickly, the dragon came at him, encouraged As Beowulf fell back; its breath flared, And he suffered, wrapped around in swirling Flames -- a king, before, but now A beaten warrior. None of his comrades Came to him, helped him, his brave and noble Followers; they ran for their lives, fled Deep in a wood. And only one of them Remained, stood there, miserable, remembering, As a good man must, what kinship should mean.

I've never known fear; as a youth I fought/ In endless battles. I am old, now,/ But I will fight again, seek fame still,/ If the dragon hiding in his tower dares/ To face me

Beloved Beowulf, remember how you boasted, Once, that nothing in the world would ever Destroy your fame; fight to keep it, Now, be strong and brave, my noble King, protecting life and fame Together. My sword will fight at your side!

The good fighter, the hero, the man who wins the most precious of all treasures, fame, is the man who never gives up, and who does not worry about the possible consequences of bravery

Courage is a terribly important value. It means you don't run away when things are tough. It means you don't turn away from a friend when he or she is in trouble. It means standing up against the majority opinion.... There's a lot of people who won't wear it on their sleeve, or display it through some heroic act. But courage is having the strength to do what's honorable and decent.

Bravery comes along as a gradual accumulation of discipline.

High is the fife and low the drum, And people lean to see, And hats are off where heroes come, And none is off to me.

They never fail who die In a great cause: the block may soak their gore: Their heads may sodden in the sun; their limbs Be strung to city gates and castle walls-- But still their Spirit walks abroad. Though years Elapse, and others share as dark a doom, They but augment the deep and sweeping thoughts Which overpower all others, and conduct The world at last to Freedom.

It takes courage for a fruit to fall far from her tree.

Of his first enemy encounter, Gen. Grant said that after his initial fear, "My heart resumed its place." Grant said he suddenly realized his potential enemy he had been "as much afraid of me as I had been of him.

Don't be afraid of your fears. They're not there to scare you. They're there to let you know that something is worth it.

Patience is often merely the guise of Cowardice.

Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest reality.

I was young and angry enough not to feel that, though this wasn't courage: young and angry is not the same as brave.

One forgets the fear of heights when one cannot fall

Anyone who takes the sure road is as good as dead.

If you want to cure a neurosis you have to risk something. To do something without taking a risk is merely ineffectual . . .

What a terrifying thing it is to be yourself

Then to her: "Don't get me wrong. I admire your guts coming here tonight. That shows me something. But I've got a question for you." "What?" "Who is going to protect these people now?" he asked. "You?" He said it with incredulity. She felt her face flush hot again, and she sipped the glass of wine for something to do.

82nd Airborne Division paratroopers.

Willie took a running start and skidded sideways in wild abandon all the way across. Marla came onto the ice timidly, with small sliding steps. Booboo stood at the edge and barked. "Aren't you scared you'll fall, Willie?" Marla asked. "No," he said. "If I crack my head open, so what? There's nothing inside it.

Life is full of scary things," he used to tell Kat. "The trick is not to let your fears get in the way of your living. Whatever else you do, Katherine, don't settle for a life half-lived.

Since it is so likely that children will meet cruel enemies, let them at least have heard of brave knights and heroic courage. Otherwise you are making their destiny not brighter but darker.

Nada em mim foi covarde, nem mesmo as desistências. Desistir, ainda que não pareça, foi meu grande gesto de coragem. Some like this Nothing in my attitudes was cowardly, even the renunciations. Giving up, though it does not sound good, was my great act of courage.