Quotes About Bravery

Happy," said Thomas. "When I grow up, I am going to be happy." Mrs. van Amersfoort was about to pull a book from the shelf, but turned in surprise. She looked at Thomas with a smile and said, "That is a damn good idea. And do you know how happiness begins? It begins with no longer being afraid.

You've never lived until you've almost died. For those who have fought for it, life has a flavor the protected shall never know.

When one hears about acts of extraordinary bravery in combat, it is usually a sign that the battle has not been going terribly well. For when wars unfold according to plan and one's own side is winning, acts of exceptional individual heroism are rarely called for. Bravery is required mostly by the desperate side.

Daylight was coming outside, but it was not only that: courage cast its own light.

But courage was not lacking in her heart, though it might be foolhardy and unwise.

She'd been afraid, preparing herself, after the summons came to the farmhouse—but fear was something you mastered, not a thing that defined you. Folco told all of them that, often. You didn't deny you felt it, you ruled

You're too clever to be a soldier." Then she shook her head. "Don't say it. I know. We need our soldiers to be clever. I do know." "Thank you," he murmured. "You can do all of the conversation. Make it easier for me.

Will there ever be a time when it is not a curse to be born a woman? When we can do no more, than stand by and be extremely brave and watch them die?

A coragem residia em lutar para tentar ultrapassar esse medo, em erguer-se para fazer o que tinha de ser feito.

Il était sincère, et brave, mais on apprendrait évidemment ce qu'il savait, si l'on était assez astucieux pour le trouver et le soumettre à la question. Les hommes avaient parfois une foi touchante en leur capacité à soutenir des interrogatoires menés par des professionnels.

Where do you find the strength to brave a barrage of enemy fire and to bring your wounded friends to safety at great risk to your own life? Conviction.

To say yes is to die A lot or a little.

To say yes is to die A lot or a little. The dead wear capably their wry Enameled emblems. They smell. But that and that they do not altogether yell is all that we know well. It is brave to be involved, To be not fearful to be unresolved. Her new wish was to smile When answers took no airships, walked a while.

También es la historia frecuente, a su manera canónica, del hombre que teme, que no quiere arrebatar lo suyo, que no quiere fricciones con los otros y está dispuesto a entregarse porque no está dispuesto a pelear. Miedo a pelear, el secreto mejor guardado de la masculinidad en trance de ser puesta a prueba, la renuncia previa a la victoria por miedo de pelear.

Corazón Valiente

Go, fly, swim, bound descend, cross, love the unknown, love the uncertain, love what has not yet been seen, love no one, whom you are, whom you will be, leave yourself, shrug off the old lies, dare what you don't dare, it is there that you will take pleasure . . . and rejoice, in the terror, follow it where you're afraid to go, go ahead, take the plunge, you're on the right trail.

Courage ought to have eyes as well as arms.

Papa's not afraid of anything and I'll bust you in two halves if you say so." He jerked off his cap and hurled it to the ground. Text rolled his eyes until the whites showed. He had never seen Lon angry before, but he wasn't afraid. "Then how come your Paw didn't whup Mister Eben when Mister Eben kicked his dawg about two years ago?

need nerves of steel to be a parent.

Looking back, I realise it was one of the bravest things I have ever done.

I found that the fear is worse than the reality and horse work has never worried me as much since then.

Well, it wasn't safe. It couldn't be. There isn't safety anywhere, and those who thought there was were like a lot of saps trying to hide under an umbrella in a typhoon.

1916…. The Somme Battle. Twenty-three names read out one Sunday evening.

Sometimes what you're afraid of doing. Is the very thing that will set you free.