Quotes About Bravery

Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.

Tremble not before the free man, but before the slave who has chains to break.

It is only in his head that man is heroic; in the pit of his stomach he is always a coward.

This Medal of Honor does not belong to me. This medal belongs to every man and woman who has ever served their country. We were doing what we were trained to do. We were doing our job.

Brave deeds are the monuments of brave men.

Someone praising a man for his foolhardy bravery, Cato, the elder, said, ''There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.

At the bottom of not a little of the bravery that appears in the world, there lurks a miserable cowardice. Men will face powder and steel because they have not the courage to face public opinion.

The men and women who serve in our military have won for us every hour we live in freedom, sometimes at the expense of the very hours of the lifetimes they had hoped to live.

As the war on terror continues, Americans must honor the brave men and women who gave their lives for the protection of this nation and the hope of peace.

Gold is good in its place, but living, brave, patriotic men are better than gold.

For there is one thing we must never forget... the majority can never replace the man. And no more than a hundred empty heads make one wise man will an heroic decision arise from a hundred cowards.

It is a brave man who is the first to sit down during a standing ovation.

There will always be a few people who have the courage to love what is untamed inside us. One of those men is my father.

Our officers and men behaved like men who are determined to be free.

I really wish I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool not afraid of rejection.

Why is it that, among men, physical courage is a trait so plenteous yet moral courage is a trait so rare?

Golf does strange things to other people, too. It makes liars out of honest men, cheats out of altruists, cowards out of brave men and fools out of everybody.

Men pass in front of our eyes like butterflies, creatures of a brief season. We love them; they are brave, proud, beautiful, and clever.

Brave men are brave from the very first. [Fr., Les hommes valeureux le sont au premier coup.]

To do an evil action is base; to do a good action without incurring danger is common enough; but it is the part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risks every thing.

but the bravest man among us is afraid of himself

The whole earth is the brave man's country. [Lat., Omne solum forti patria est.]

Daring is not safe against daring men.

A hero is a man who is afraid to run away.