Quotes About Bravery

I would love to see an athlete live their life in an authentic way, not feel that they have to hide, not feel that they have to be afraid, or live with shame - all the other things that go with being a closeted athlete. No human being should have to walk that path. But there is that fear of stepping forward.

Anytime somebody climbs up those steps into the ring, they have a heart.

Despair gives courage to a coward.

The more wit the less courage.

Better hazard once than always be in fear.

Many would be cowards if they had courage enough.

Some village Hampden, that with dauntless breastThe little tyrant of his fields withstood;Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest,Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood.

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

To get thine ends, lay bashfulness aside Who fears to ask, doth teach to be deny'd.

A great leap in the dark

How bravely Autumn paints upon the sky The gorgeous fame of Summer which is fled!

There is even a happiness - that makes the heart afraid.

And there is even a happinessThat makes the heart afraid.

He who has conquered his own coward spirit has conquered the whole outward world;

At that moment his soul is fuller of the tomb and him who lies there than of the altar and Him of whom it speaks. Such stages have to be gone through, I believe, by all young and brave souls, who must win their way through hero-worship to the worship of Him who is the King and Lord of heroes.

Those were times when brave men who knew and loved their profession couldn't be overlooked.

Cowards, 'tis said, in certain situations, Derive a sort of courage from despair, And then perform, from downright desperation, Much more than many a bolder man would dare.

Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the dangers of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of 'crackpot' than the stigma of conformity. And on issues that seem important to you, stand up and be counted at any cost.

Whensoever hostile aggressions… require a resort to war, we must meet our duty and convince the world that we are just friends and brave enemies.

One man with courage is a majority.

I am never better than when I am mad: then methinks I am a brave fellow; then I do wonders: but reason abuseth me, and there's the torment, there's the hell.

Wars are begun by frightened men.

War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.

The Minstrel Boy to the war is gone,In the ranks of death you'll find him.His father's sword he has girded on,And his wild harp slung behind him.