Quotes About Bravery

Even the daring Schöner hesitated to depict the western coast of South America;

It was astonishing that Magellan's nemesis would risk his life again, after all the carnage

Serrano had no time to reef the sails. Fierce seas pounded the ship

One by one, her crew of thirty-seven crawled to the end of the jib boom and jumped to a rocky beach.

One Irishman, Melaghin McCabb, claimed he slaughtered eighty Spaniards with his axe.

What are you protecting yourself from? Will you sell your life for fear's price?

Only the brave know how to forgive…. A coward never forgave; it is not in his nature.

No guts, no glory.

What a ridiculous sentiment. 'Adventures' is just a different name for 'terrible ideas.

It will be all right, she told herself, and she stepped out of the boat into the water.

uçurumdan kurtulman?n tek yolu ona bakmak, derinliÄŸini ölçmek ve kendini o boÅŸluÄŸa b?rakmakt?r.

I mostri non muoiono. Quello che muore è la paura che t'incutono.

The key to warriorship and the first principle of Shambhala vision is not being afraid of who you are. Ultimately, that is the definition of bravery: not being afraid of yourself.

Many approaches to spirituality and to life in general are influenced by cowardice. If you are afraid of seeing yourself, you may use spirituality or religion as a way of looking at yourself without seeing anything about yourself at all. When people are embarrassed by themselves, there is no fearlessness involved. However, if someone is willing to look at himself or herself, to explore and practice wakefulness on the spot, he or she is a warrior. "Warrior

True fearlessness is not the reduction of fear, but going beyond fear.

The situations of fear that exist in our lives provide us with stepping stones to step over our fear. On the other side of cowardice is bravery. If we step over properly, we can cross the boundary from being cowardly to being brave.

The key to warriorship and the first principle of Shambhala vision is not being afraid of who you are. Ultimately that is the definition of bravery: not being afraid of yourself. In the face of the world's great problems, we can be heroic and kind at the same time. We must try to think how we can help this world. If we don't help, nobody will. It is our turn to help the world. (p. 10)

The ultimate definition of bravery is not being afraid of who you are.

Warrior" here is a translation of the Tibetan word pawo. Pa means "brave," and wo makes it "a person who is brave." The warrior tradition we are discussing is a tradition of bravery. You might have the idea of a warrior as someone who wages war. But in this case, we are not talking about warriors as those who engage in warfare. Warriorship here refers to fundamental bravery and fearlessness. Warriorship

Refusing to Give Up The essence of human bravery is refusing to give up on anyone or anything. We can never say that we are simply falling to pieces or that anyone else is, and we can never say that about the world either. We can save the world from destruction, to begin with. That is why the Shambhala vision exists. It is a centuries-old idea: by serving the world we can save it.

I don't know" is not a phrase for the insecure.

Be courageous enough to be honest.

As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.

Sometimes girls, especially those whose tastes aren't routine, don't get a fair break. Too many of us have been bred to timidity. That is why those who escape must run, not stroll, toward what they desire. They mustn't look back. They mustn't question their own instincts. And they mustn't listen to the naysayers. If they can only follow their own true course, well then, they will be as renowned for their bravery as the greatest men are.