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Quotes About Bravery

Good grief, Molly. He doesn't scare you?" "Of course not." "But he's..." "He's sweet," Molly insisted. Dare snorted. "He's still listening.
~ Lori Foster
You take a risk, you fall down, and you get back up and do it all over again.
~ Lori Gottlieb
avoidance is almost always about fear.
~ Lori Gottlieb
Happy endings aren't for cowards.
~ Unknown
Courage isn't a feeling that you wait for. Courage is doing when you don't have courage. Courage is doing it scared.
~ Jill Briscoe
Hallie had had plenty of practice over the years at hiding her true feelings and presenting a brave face to the world.
~ Jill Mansell
Being scared wasn't an emotion Zack was familiar with, but it had him in its grip now.
~ Jill Mansell
Ty pointed his beer at Josh. Want to know what I think? No, Josh said. I think you have a case of being a little girl. Maybe you should prescribe yourself a heavy dose of man-the-fuck-up.
~ Jill Shalvis
Life is one big fat gamble, and the odds are never in your favor. So you either go for it anyway and toss the dice or you don't play. But not playing? She jabbed him in the bare chest with her finger. That's the coward's way out. And I hadn't pegged you for a coward. Figure your shit out.
~ Jill Shalvis
Go big or go home. That was the Kincaid way.
~ Jill Shalvis
I've been scared plenty of times. What I've never been is fearless. If you can run into a battle unafraid, you're not courageous, you're just a dumbass. It's knowing the price you're going to pay and being willing to pay it anyway that makes you brave.
~ Jill Shalvis
You told me I shouldn't fall in love with you. Remember?" "Yeah, that's because I'm insanely stubborn. I've always thought I was so damn brave. I mean I put myself on the line every single day on the job." He laughed, and it was not in amusement. "But not my heart. Never my heart. And that doesn't make me brave at all. It makes me a coward.
~ Jill Shalvis
It's okay if you don't want to," Sadie said, just as gently. "But from experience as someone who denied all emotions for too long, I can tell you that facing them head on like a badass bitch is the only way to go. Otherwise, they chase you, follow you, haunt you, and believe me, those suckers can outpace you, I swear. You need to just get in front of them and turn and fight.
~ Jill Shalvis
he'd always felt that life was worth living, fears and all, that if he didn't go for it, then why bother?
~ Jill Shalvis
I don't know where that's is going," she confessed, still looking at his mouth. "Maybe nowhere. I was just …" He smiled. "Feeling brave?" She smiled back, looking so sweet. "Yeah." Damn, he liked her. "Feel free to be brave any time you want.
~ Jill Shalvis
Thought you weren't afraid of anything." Turned out, she was afraid of plenty, including how just looking at him could change the rhythm of her heart.
~ Jill Shalvis
The term daredevil applies to some of these people and comes from the root word dares, which stands for Disregard All Reasonable Expert Suggestions.
~ Unknown
It's all right to be afraid. You just don't let it stop you from doing your job.
~ Jim Butcher
In the action business, when you don't want to say you ran like a mouse, you call it 'taking cover.' It's more heroic.
~ Jim Butcher
There's a fine line between audacity and idiocy.
~ Jim Butcher
There are old swordsmen and bold swordsmen. But few old, bold swordsmen.
~ Jim Butcher
You don't go walking into the proverbial lion's den lightly. You start with a good breakfast.
~ Jim Butcher
Courage is about learning how to function despite the fear, to put aside your instincts to run or give in completely to the anger born from fear. Courage is about using your brain and your heart when every cell of your body is screaming at your to fight or flee - and then following through on what you believe is the right thing to do.
~ Jim Butcher
I put on the boots and kicked some monster ass.
~ Jim Butcher