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Quotes About Bravery

A fearless man thrives on far horizons.
~ Napoleon Hill
When a man is afraid and accedes to fear, he will always find arguments to justify his own surrender.
~ Natan Sharansky
It holds no fear for her now, because the shark has been tamed by the soul of a boy. No--the soul of a man.
~ Neal Shusterman
Wars may be fought by decent men, but they're not won by them.
~ P. D. James
The patter of their feet as they walk through Jim Crow barriers to attend school is the thunder of the marching men of Joshua, and the world rocks beneath their tread.
~ Paul Robeson
Every brave man is a man of his word; to such base vices he cannot stoop, and shuns more than death the shame of lying.
~ Pierre Corneille
A man with courage has every blessing.
~ Plautus
Brave men don't learn from their home.
~ Quvenzhane Wallis
Those officers and men who were immediately under my observation, evinced the greatest gallantry, and I have no doubt that all others conducted themselves as became American officers and seamen.
~ Oliver Hazard Perry
A man is a hero, not because he is braver than anyone else, but because he is brave for 10 minutes longer.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
I'd like to explain why you fine young men had to be blown apart to defend this mud hole.
~ Randy Newman
My view of Bradley Manning is that he's a very courageous young man who... did what I didn't have the guts to do during the Vietnam war.
~ Ray McGovern
A strong, brave man is born each month, each year God gives a sage to men, A poet each ten years, perhaps, but an unselfish person,—when?
~ Ridgely Torrence
Men are brave enough to go to war, but they are not brave enough to get a bikini wax.
~ Rita Rudner
Man was made to lead with his chin; he is worth knowing only with his guard down, his head up and his heart rampant on his sleeve.
~ Robert Farrar Capon
Necessity makes dastards valiant men.
~ Robert Herrick
A man who will not die to save a woman is no man.
~ Robert Jordan
Young men and fools sometimes bear pain they do not have to as a badge of their pride. Or their foolishness.
~ Robert Jordan
A coward may die many times, but a brave man dies only once. If I die for you, I won't consider it death but love.
~ Hani
Any woman is just as capable of being a hero as any man.
~ Hayao Miyazaki
Men don't need linguistic talent; they just need courage and words.
~ Helen Fisher
Nothing can shock a brave man but dullness.
~ Henry David Thoreau
The brave man braves nothing, nor knows he of his bravery.
~ Henry David Thoreau
Nothing can rightly compel a simple and brave man to a vulgar sadness.
~ Henry David Thoreau