Quotes About Bravery

Maybe sometimes we don't do the right thing because the wrong thing looks more dangerous, and we don't want to look scared, so we go and do the wrong thing just because it's dangerous.

But everyone will know...' 'So what? It's nothing to be ashamed of. Things happen to people's families all the time and it's not their fault. If you cope with it by being brave, people will admire you for it.

Behind them lay pain and death and fear; ahead of them lay doubt, and danger, and fathomless mysteries. But they weren't alone. So Lyra and her dæmon turned away from the world they were born in, and looked towards the sun, and walked into the sky.

A veces no hacemos lo debido porque lo indebido parece más peligroso, y no queremos demostrar que estamos asustados, de modo que hacemos algo que está mal simplemente porque es peligroso.

It was the most dangerous thing she had ever said. She could see quite clearly that only his astonishment prevented him from killing her at once.

Fear unmans us. Fear degrades us. Fostering less fear—that's your job and mine.

I know the kind of man I am and the kind of writer. I have my own kind of bravery, and please, let's leave it at that.

A great man once told me there can be no courage without fear

We cannot hide behind high walls, our hearts trembling. For that is not life. We must accept the needs and the duties of each day, and face them one at a time.

Love requires a different kind of courage, Andromache.

One day the enemy will cross the Great Green. They will bring war and tragedy to these eastern lands. Such is the nature of vile men. Yet we cannot live in dread of them. We cannot hide behind these high walls, our hearts trembling. For that is not life. We must accept the needs and the duties of each day, and face them one at a time.

Yes, it would have been good, he thought, to spend quiet years with his family, waiting for his diseased heart to fail as he sat in his chair staring at the mountains. But this was better. This was life! Not the killing and the terrified screams of dying men suddenly facing the awesome spectre of their own mortality. No, but to face his fears as a man, to stand at the brink of the abyss and refuse to be cowed or beaten down.

Be lucky, Xander, and be brave. You will find that bravery and luck are often bedfellows.

Risks? I have lived with the prospect of assassination for years. What risks? All men die, rich and poor alike. But if I am to die, then let it be while I fight, not like some bullock in a pen waiting for the ax to fall.

Are we allowed to go armed? asked Pagan If you like, said Belder, though I cannot see even you fighting your way through a thousand Sathuli! I don't want to die without a weapon in my hand. Bravely spoken! said Scaler. I will take this apple. I don't want to die without a piece of fruit in my hand. Will you put a stop to this talk of dying? It's extremely unsettling!

A great man once told me there can be no courage without fear," Helikaon said. "He was right. Remember that when your belly trembles and your legs grow weak.

life without heroic deed is no life at all.

I still say this is madness,' whispered Jonat. 'I know – at this moment I'm inclined to agree with you.' 'But we'll go anyway,' muttered Jonat. 'One of these days someone is going to listen to my advice and I'll probably die of the shock!

would ride into fire. For Odysseus that whip was pride.

Well," said Decado, "the great Tertullian was once asked what he would do if he was attacked by a man stronger, faster, and infinitely more skillful than he." "What did he say?" "He said he would cut off his damned head for being a liar.

he who fears to lose will never win.

But the baresark loses all fear; his is all-out attack, and invariably he takes his opponent with him even if he falls.

By nature of definition only the coward is capable of the highest heroism".

There's this general feeling in the Hella Colony that we'll never conquer the planet if we hide behind the fences of Summerland Station. So we have to go ourselves, smell the air and taste the world. We have to feel the dirt between our fingers. If we are ever going to make this planet ours, we have to give up our fear of it and get into a genuinely courageous relationship. That's what Captain Skyler says.