Quotes About Bravery

People call us heroes, but we are nothing compared to our police force and fire fighters and everybody who protects us and makes sure our freedom is held to the highest standard.

Greatness, in the last analysis, is largely bravery - courage in escaping from old ideas and old standards and respectable ways of doing things.

It is very frightening to feel alone when you are standing against a rich and powerful person and all his attendant helpers.

These guys that were standing up to fight, for the most part, had pride in their country, and they wanted to do the best, and they wanted to go out and fight, and I was as close to these Afghans as I was to the Marines.

Sometimes you pay a price for standing up.

I'm probably not going to be popular with the fighters with this one, but my biggest problem is guys playing it safe. I understand it from a coach's standpoint and a manager's standpoint. I understand why you'd want to play it safe and want to win the fight, win every fight. I get it.

Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.

The courage of very ordinary people is all that stands between us and the dark.

Kids love to be scared; we all do. But there's a difference between leaving them hanging out there, with their fears, and then bringing them safely home. Kids love it when someone like them stands up against real evil, something really horrendous and frightening, and win.

I appreciate someone who stands out and stands up for what he believes in, because that's what I'm trying to do.

Being part of a crowd and not standing out is way more frightening than being the person that stands out.

It's men you should be afraid of, not monsters.

Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion.

Bite on the bullet, old man, and don't let them think you're afraid.

If all men were just there would be no need of valor.

Again and again there comes a time in history when the man who dares to say that two and two make four is punished with death. ("The Plague")

A man who fears nothing is a man who loves nothing; and if you love nothing, what joy is there in your life?

It is faith that makes a lion of a man.

Life is not worth living for which a man is not prepared to die at any moment.

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

I believe that every man has in his soul a passion for treasure-hunting, which will often drive a coward into prodigies of valour.

It takes more courage to send men into battle than to fight the battle yourself.

He is the truly courageous man who never desponds.

The courageous man is the man who forces himself, in spite of his fear, to carry on.