Quotes About Bravery

He won't hurt me. This is not the day I die." The male walked toward them, unafraid, and reached out for his muzzle, a touch as light as a summer breeze. Yet at the brush of those fingers the wood dissolved and the very ground turned to smoke beneath his feet and swirled away laughing, and then he was spinning and falling, falling, falling

Even brave men blind themselves sometimes, when they are afraid to see,

poison was regarded as a coward's weapon, and lacking in honor).

Just because a man can sing about battles doesn't mean he's fit to fight one.

A craven can be as brave as any man, when there is nothing to fear. And we all do our duty, when there is no cost to it. How easy it seems then, to walk the path of honor.

Fear kills more people than death.

The most vital quality a soldier can possess is self-confidence.

Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base.

There is a time to take counsel of your fears, and there is a time to never listen to any fear.

Don't be a fool and die for your country. Let the other sonofabitch die for his.

When in doubt, ATTACK!

Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.

Remember that the enemy is just as frightened as you are and probably more so. They are not supermen

The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. That's the time to listen to every fear you can imagine! When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead!

There is one great thing that you men will all be able to say after this war is over and you are home once again. ... You can look him straight in the eye and say, "Son your Granddaddy rode with the Great Third Army and a Son of a Goddamned Bitch named Georgie Patton.

No b****** ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb b****** die for his country.

No dumb bastard ever won a war by going out and dying for his country. He won it by making some other dumb bastard die for his country.

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.

A real man will never let his fear of death overpower his honor, his sense of duty to his country, and his innate manhood.

You cannot be disciplined in great things and undisciplined in small things. Brave undisciplined men have no chance against the discipline and valour of other men. Have you seen a few policemen handle a crowd?

Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men

Coward: someone who in a bad situation thinks with his feet

Take not counsel of your fears

If we take the generally accepted definition of bravery as a quality which knows no fear, I have never seen a brave man. All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened.