Quotes About Bravery

yield the lady, or prepare to maintain his right by arms.

The combat deepens. On, ye brave,Who rush to glory or the grave!Wave, Munich! all thy banners wave,And charge with all thy chivalry!

Is't death to fall for Freedom's right? He's dead alone who lacks her light!

War is a quarrel between two thieves too cowardly to fight their own battle.

The first duty of man is to conquer fear he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.

The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to live manfully.

The only happiness a brave person ever troubles themselves in asking about, is happiness enough to get their work done.

It is an everlasting duty, valid in our day as in that, the duty of being brave. Valor is still value. The first duty for a man is still that of subduing Fear. We must get rid of Fear; we cannot act at all till then. A man's acts are slavish, not true but specious; his very thoughts are false, he thinks too as a slave and coward, till he have got Fear under his feet.

Keep not standing fix'd and rooted, Briskly venture, briskly roam; Head and hand, where'er thou foot it, And stout heart are still at home. In each land the sun does visit We are gay, whate'er betide: To give room for wandering is it That the world was made so wide.

I remember saying goodbye to my father the night he left to join the Navy. He didn't have to. He was older than other servicemen and had a family to support but he wanted to be a part of the fight against fascism, not just make movies about it. I admired this about him.

I have seen and heard a 21-gun salute as my father is in the Navy, but that doesn't mean I don't jump if a gun is fired in my face!

Like in combat when you're in chaos, a Navy SEAL in chaos, you cannot be afraid of dying for a cause.

I jumped off a cliff backwards for 'I Am Number Four,' which was pretty cool. I'd never done that before. It took seven takes from different angles and luckily there were no injuries. I came close, though. My head nearly hit the rock at one point.

I'm not nearly as brave and confident in some of the ways that I think stand-ups are.

I think most people that are looked upon as doing something daring don't necessarily think of it that way-they do what they have to do.

We have to go in places no body would ever think of going into were it not for the necessities of war.

Necessity of action takes away the fear of the act, and makes bold resolution the favorite of fortune.

I'm scared of needles.

I'm not afraid of needles.

Being gifted needs courage.

I love playing women who have the nerve to do things that I don't have the nerve to do, and Berta is certainly one of those.

I'm not nervous standing with anyone.

If I ever completely lost my nervousness I would be frightened half to death.

I'm not a daredevil. I don't fly without a safety net.