Quotes About Bravery

Every man of courage is a man of his word.

To conquer without risk is to triumph without glory.

To die for one's country is such a worthy fate that all compete for so beautiful a death.

He who does not fear death cares naught for threats.

Guess if you can, choose if you dare.

I often visit Maria Tatar's 'The Grimm Reader' for a cold dose of courage. Her translations come from the Brothers Grimm, whose now-famous collection of 'Kinder- und Hausmarchen' ('Children's and Household Tales') was first published in 1812. The book was not intended for young readers.

I have just returned from visiting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world!

Getting on a plane is hard for me, but I do it, because travel is vital to me.

Being vital means knowing the rules and being brave enough to break them.

Fear doesn't enter into my vocabulary. Fear is the gateway to the next step in my development.

Fear isn't in my vocabulary in terms of how I approach a fight.

You have to be very vocal about being willing to fight anyone.

Stand before the people you fear and speak your mind - even if your voice shakes.

I'm so inspired by the women who are far braver than I am, who have come forward with their stories and risked everything to help others. What is important is that the voices of these women do not disappear. We must amplify them.

I'm really happy that more and more people are making their own comics. I remember how daunting it was for me to just put pen to paper, page by page, until you had a finished comic, but the way new creators are doing that and bravely bringing their unique voices and experiences to their work is really inspiring.

This beautiful, messy, wonderful and volatile world of ours needs more heroes.

Most people, when they meet me, one of the first things they say is, 'Why would you voluntarily subject yourself to war? Why would you go into these places where you know there's a risk of getting killed?'

Our soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines and Coast Guardsmen volunteer to protect and defend this country and all its citizens, and do so with honor, integrity and excellence. Our nation continually asks them to do more and more, with less and less.

I signed up for military service in the months following 9/11, and later, as a military intelligence officer, I felt called, like so many others, to volunteer for deployment and service in Afghanistan.

Sacrifice is the 1.3 million active duty men and women in the U.S. military and 800,000 reserve forces who volunteer to keep us safe and defend our way of life.

You know, 1% of us is in the armed forces, protecting the other 99, and they're all volunteers.

You don't actually need confidence or good self-esteem to be successful. You just need to have courage.

I've served my country.

Father served in the Air Force for 22 years.