Quotes About Bravery

I f he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.

There were all kinds of things I was afraid of at first, ranging from grizzly bears to 'mean' horses and gun-fighters; but by acting as if I was not afraid I gradually ceased to be afraid.

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the one who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly…who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly.

learn to draw quick and shoot straight, — the former being even more important than the latter,—and probably has to take life after life in order to save his own. Some of these men are brave only because of their confidence in their own skill and strength ; once convince them that they are overmatched and they turn into abject cowards. Others have nerves of

It is far better to dare mighty triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to dwell with those poor and timid souls knowing neither victory nor defeat.

Only those are fit to live who do not fear to die; and none are fit to die who have shrunk from the joy of life and the duty of life.

It is not the critic who counts. ... The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by the dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly ... who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly; so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat.

We are going to start the war from right here. (Utah Beach, Normandy, June 6, 1944)

The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena: whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood... and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly.

i may be small, but i have a big stick

Quality in a classical Greek sense is how to live with grace and intelligence, with bravery and mercy.

To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see everyday, is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform.

Like Indiana Jones, I don't like snakes - though that might lead some to ask why I'm in politics.

Fear can keep us from living our lives the way they should be lived," Eddie said. "Don't ever let somebody else live your life." He

Maybe because heroes to her weren't the guys who flexed their muscles and went to battle. No, for her, the real heroes were the artists, the poets, the men who were brave enough to voice their emotions. It took courage to be honest. It took courage to face your demons head on with words, to go beyond the hunter-gatherer thing. The world needed the action hero, but it also needed the quiet hero, the poet. Rick

The few, the proud, the bearded."

Why doth a little thing spoken against thee make thee sad? If it had been more, thou still oughtest not to be moved. But now suffer it to go by; it is not the first, it is not new, and it will not be the last, if thou live long. Thou art brave enough, so long as no adversity meeteth thee. Thou givest good counsel also, and knowest how to strengthen others with thy words; but when tribulation suddenly knocketh at thine own door, thy counsel and strength fail.

Be courageous. I have seen many depressions in business. Always America has emerged from these stronger and more prosperous. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith! Go forward!

The principal act of courage is to endure and withstand dangers doggedly rather than to attack them.

To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late. And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his gods.

Then out spake brave Horatius, the Captain of the Gate: "To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late. And how can man die better than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his Gods... Lays of Ancient Rome

That was indeed to live -- at one bold swoop to wrest from darkling death the best that death to life can give.

Alas! For shame," said Sir Launcelot, "that ever one knight should betray another! But it is an old saw, a good man is never in danger, but when he is in danger of a coward.

The laws of war at that early day did not forbid a brave man to slay a sleeping foe