Quotes About Bravery

I knew that what I was seeking to discover was a thing I'd always known. That all courage was a form of constancy. That it was always himself that the coward abandoned first. After this all other betrayals came easily.

I was afraid I was going to die and then I was afraid I wasnt.

What man is such a coward he would not rather fall once than remain forever tottering?

Only that man who has offered up himself entire to the blood of war, who has been to the floor of the pit and seen the horror in the round and learned at last that it speaks to his inmost heart, only that man can dance. - The judge

But nothing is crueler than a coward, and the slaughter to come is probably beyond our imagining.

What's the bravest thing you ever did? Getting up this morning, he said.

Black boots, said Rawlins. Aint that the shits? I always wanted to be a badman.

I'm fixin to go do somethin dumbern hell but I'm goin anyways. If I dont come back tell Mother I love her. Your mother's dead Llewelyn. Well I'll tell her myself then.

Dont be afraid for me, she had written. When has death ever harmed anyone?

Only that man who has offered up himself entire to the blood of war, who has been to the floor of the pit and seen horror in the round and learned at least that it speaks to his inmost heart, only that man can dance.

Are you real brave? Just medium. What's the bravest thing you ever did? He spat into the road a bloody phlegm. Getting up this morning, he said.

Imperilment is bottomless. As long as you are breathing you can always be more scared.

Only that man who has offered up himself entire to the blood of war, who has been to the floor of the pit and seen the horror in the round and learned at last that it speaks to his inmost heart, only that man can dance.

That hurt, didn't it? The boy said. - Yes. It did. - Are you real brave? - Just medium. - What's the bravest thing you ever did? - He spat into the road a bloody phlegm. Getting up this morning, he said. - Really? - No. Don't listen to me. Come on, let's go.

What's the bravest thing you ever did? He spat into the road a bloody phlegm. Getting up this morning, he said.

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That all courage was a form of constancy. That it was always himself that the coward abandoned first.

If you carry your past into battle you are riding to your death.

You listen to me, he said. Dont you let em think they aint goin to have to. You hear me? I intend to make em kill me. I wont take nothin less. They either got to kill us or let us be. There aint no middle ground.

I know that small acts of valor may be all that is visible of great movements of courage within.

A week later I went on R and R and three weeks after that I was back in an AC-130 all strapped in and ready to die all over again.

Well, I'll tell ye, they ain't no more heroes.

You can stay here with your papa and die or you can go with me.... You'll be all right.

You speak truer than you know. But I will tell you. Only that man who has offered up himself entire to the blood of war, who has been to the floor of the pit and seen horror in the round and learned at last that it speaks to his inmost heart, only that man can dance.