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Quotes About Bravery

Ah, brave, manly heart,—smothering thine own sorrow, to comfort thy beloved ones!
~ Harriet Beecher Stowe
I'll be free, or I'll die.
~ Harriet Beecher Stowe
I am braver than I was because I have lost all; and he who has nothing to lose can afford all risks.
~ Harriet Beecher Stowe
Don't run away from it, just because it's difficult.
~ Harriet Evans
Because if you love someone, you have to be brave and tell them. Don't let them go. And if you say no I'm going to spend the rest of my life trying to convince you I'm right. I promise. I won't leave you alone. Because it's not about who's whats or wheres or anything. We should be together. The other stuff doesn't matter. That's all.
~ Harriet Evans
If you pay attention, you may find that it is not fear that stops you from doing the brave and true thing in your daily life. Rather, the problem is avoidance. You want to feel comfortable, so you avoid doing the thing that will evoke fear and other disquieting emotions. Avoidance will make you feel less vulnerable in the short run, but it will never make you less afraid.
~ Harriet Lerner
Change requires courage, but the failure to change does not signify the lack of it.
~ Harriet Lerner
Whatever brings you joy and zest will enhance your ability to act bravely.
~ Harriet Lerner
But what is courage? In a world saturated with images of action-figure bravado, we may mistakenly believe that courage is the absence of fear. Instead, it is the capacity to think, speak, and act despite our fear and shame.
~ Harriet Lerner
Action is powerful. Sometimes you can move past a fear quickly, if you are willing to act. When you avoid what you fear, your anxieties are apt to worsen over time.
~ Harriet Lerner
Finding your voice in an unequal power arrangement—especially when the more powerful person is shaming you—takes a great amount of courage.
~ Harriet Lerner
You may feel like a coward when your anxiety pushes you to choose silence over speech, or restraint over action. Yet in many circumstances, silence and restraint are the wiser, more courageous choices.
~ Harriet Lerner
There isn't a person alive who has not been afraid at one time or another. It is only the brave man who can feel fear and still go forward.
~ Harry Harrison
Doors only lock, Because enemy within scares more than outside
~ Harry Houdini
Paratroopers are human Alsatians.
~ Harry McCallion
I had already taken a step toward their house, but then Father said, 'No, not there. They're hiding Jews.'" Christ!" exclaimed Anton, slapping his forehead.
~ Harry Mulisch
Brave men don't belong to any one country. I respect bravery wherever I see it.
~ Harry S. Truman
I would rather be a Medal of Honor recipient then the President of the United States!
~ Harry S. Truman
He rounded corners one by one, each time by himself. He didn't think about bravery till long afterwards; at the time, the only thing in his mind was the luckless lieutenant's empty shoes. If he did touch off a torpedo, he'd never know what hit him. Oddly, that helped steady him. He'd seen too many worse ways of dying.
~ Harry Turtledove
how could you go on thinking somebody was better than you by nature when he ran away for fear that you would blow him a new asshole with your Springfield? Wasn't he a man, just like you? Wasn't he a frightened man, just like you?
~ Harry Turtledove
Be fearless in pursuit of your goal.
~ Harsh Malik
Be fearless in the chase of your dream.
~ Harsh Malik
Courage never means that you don't get scared It means the fear cannot stop you
~ Harsh Malik
Jetzt stürzte sich der Löwe wild auf dessen Kampfgenossen, die manchen schweren Schlag ausgeteilt und empfangen hatten. Wenn sie jetzt um ihr Leben kämpften, so schützte sie das vor dem Tode, denn sie gerieten in große Gefahr. Jetzt waren es zwei gegen zwei, denn Her Iwein konnte den Löwen nicht verscheuchen, da ließ er es halt bleiben.
~ Hartmann Von Aue