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Quotes About Bravery

We have to start teaching ourselves not to be afraid.
~ William Faulkner
He says it harshly, savagely, but he does not say the word. Like a little boy in the dark to flail his courage and suddenly aghast into silence by his own noise.
~ William Faulkner
Be scared.You can't help that. But don't be afraid, Ain't nothing in the woods going to hurt you if you don't corner it or it don't smell that you are afraid. A bear or a deer has got to be scared of a coward the same as a brave man has got to be.
~ William Faulkner
You cannot swim for new horizons unless you have courage to lose sight of the shore.
~ William Faulkner
Just like folks. Put off as long as she could having to be brave, knowing all the time that sooner or later she would have to be brave once so she could keep on calling herself a dog, and knowing beforehand what was going to happen when she done it.
~ William Faulkner
Ay, sir," Alec said, who had long since found out that no man has courage but that any man may blunder blindly into valor as one stumbles into an open manhole in the street.
~ William Faulkner
Folks don't go to wars for fun. A man don't leave his maw crying just for fun.
~ William Faulkner
Now and then you meet a man that ain't ever been afraid, not even of himself." –William Faulkner
~ William Faulkner
As long as there's light we're brave enough
~ William Golding
Of course we're frightened sometimes but we put up with being frightened.
~ William Golding
So the last part, the bit we can all talk about, is kind of deciding on the fear. We've got to talk about this fear and decide there's nothing in it.
~ William Golding
It was, perhaps, no situation from which to face a charging badger.
~ William Golding
Uno tiene miedo porque la gente siempre tiene miedo.
~ William Golding
El miedo no puede hacer más daño que un sueño.
~ William Golding
He doesn't mind if he dies... indeed, he would like to die; but yet he fears to fall. He would welcome a long sleep; but not at the price of falling to it.
~ William Golding
Bir hayvan olmad???n? biliyorum; yani öyle pençeleri filan olan bir hayvan demek istiyorum. Korkunun olmad???n? da biliyorum... ... Ancak insanlardan korkmad???m?z sürece.
~ William Golding
The thing is – fear can't hurt you any more than a dream.
~ William Golding
The thing is fear can't hurt you any more than a dream
~ William Golding
Have fun storming the castle!
~ William Goldman
We are men of action. Lies do not become us. -- Westley
~ William Goldman
William Goldman
~ Is it safe?
We are men of action. Lies do not become us.
~ William Goldman
Butch: Y'know, when I was a kid, I always figured on being a hero when I grew up. Sundance: Too late now. Butch: You didn't have to say that—what'd you have to say that for?
~ William Goldman
The sun was rising behind her now; she could feel the heat on her back, and it gave her courage.
~ William Goldman