Quotes About Bravery

And if I was to die, I was not going to go out in a gibbering heap of terror.

Come on, I said to Karrin. Head for the other boat. Should we? she asked. That Erlking guy seems a little..do-it-yourselfy.

For the good of the people, some must place themselves in harm's way. Some must pledge their courage and their lives to protect the community.

I knew I didn't have much of a chance of getting away from that swarm of fae piranha, but it was an infinitely larger chance than I would have if I stayed in the car and burned to death. Hell's bells, what I wouldn't give to have my shield bracelet. Or my old staff. I didn't even have an umbrella.

I find it remarkable how often amateurs confuse courage with idiocy.

Run away. Me and Monty Python.

You defy beings that should cow you into silence. You resist forces that are inevitable for no more reason than that you believe they should be resisted. You bow your head to neither demons nor angels, and you put yourself in harm's way to defend those who cannot defend themselves.

We all must die, Dresden. There is no shame in dying for something worthwhile.

Eventually, it's better to go forward into it and have things settled than to huddle in terror for one second longer.

He'd died a hero. It seemed so empty to me, at that moment. Meaningless to be a hero.

Harry," she said. "What if we can't find out who is doing it in time?" "We'll find them," I said. "But if we don't?" "Then we fight monsters." Murphy took a deep breath and nodded as we stepped out into the summer night. "Damn right we do.

You're reacted to the fear, but you haven't ever faced it and put it into the fight perspective. You have to make up your mind to overcome it.

How about it, wizard? Cop? Maybe you've got stones enough to take it when I threaten you. I can admire that.

And I'm the tool, I muttered. Then I thought about it, sighed, and shook my head. One day, I told myself, one brave and magnificent day, I will actually be cool.

I react badly to fear. I don't usually have the good sense to run, or hide—I just try to smash whatever it is that is making me afraid. It's a primitive sort of thing, and one I don't question too much.

Look, people go on and on about how size isn't everything, and how the bigger they are, the harder they fall, but the people who say that probably haven't ever faced down a charging demon-bear so big it should have been on a drive-in movie screen.

I let out a battle cry. Sure, a lot of people might have mistaken it for a sudden yelp of unmanly fear, but trust me: It was a battle cry.

Finish that sentence, Raith, and we throw down," said Murphy in a calm, level voice.

I just put the Erlking on the bench and laid a beatdown on freaking Santa Claus!' I told them. 'So you tell me, who's next?

You saved us," she said. "Of course I did," Rowl responded. "I am without flaw.

I might as well put on a red shirt and volunteer for the away team.

He smiled crookedly. "I've never lost a duel to the death. Not one.

One day," I told myself, "one brave and magnificent day, I will actually be cool." I

There are people out there who enjoy hurting and scaring others. They're going to keep doing it until you make them stop.