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Quotes About Bravery

Mr. Small had to drag his son along. Thomas gaped at the stalactites, fearful that one might fall on him. He was terrified of the stalagmites that they had to walk through.
~ Virginia Hamilton
Men love other men. They are always explaining how much they love women, but we all know they're fibbing. They love each other... They watch each other on the cinema screen, give themselves great roles, think themselves powerful, boast, and can't get enough of being so strong, so brave, and so handsome. They write for each other, congratulate each other, support each other.
~ Virginie Despentes
Often the test of courage is not to die but to live.
~ Vittorio Alfieri
The earth is enjoyed by heroes"—this is the unfailing truth. Be a hero. Always say, "I have no fear.
~ Vivekananda
Be a hero and always say I have no fear
~ Unknown
That's the trouble with a Trueheart House. It doesn't believe in being cautious when it comes to defeating evil.
~ Unknown
Strahopetni umira tiso?krat, hrabri enkrat.
~ Unknown
I have always loved and avidly read the novels of Jack London, Jules Verne and Ernest Hemingway. The characters depicted in their books, who are brave and resourceful people embarking on exciting adventures, definitely shaped my inner self and nourished my love for the outdoors.
~ Vladimir Putin
When you live next to death ... you don't think about it anymore, you just try to encounter it as seldom as possible.
~ Unknown
Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare The truth thou hast, that all may share Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who dare.
~ Voltaire
Dare to think for yourself.
~ Voltaire
It is vain for the coward to flee death follows close behind it is only by defying it that the brave escape.
~ Voltaire
Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly.
~ Voltaire
One of the chief misfortunes of honest people is that they are cowardly.
~ Voltaire
Se necesita más coraje para escudriñar los rincones oscuros de tu propia alma que para luchar en un campo de batalla.
~ W. B. Yeats
You remind me in so many ways of my dog Molly, her gentleness, but also Max, with his self-assurance. Will you tell my angel dogs I'm coming to be with them soon? And will you be with me in my final moments? I don't wan to be afraid- and if you're there, I know I'll be brave. You're my forever friend, Toby.
~ W. Bruce Cameron
Being a repo man requires what Milt calls "nerves of stupidity":
~ W. Bruce Cameron
There comes a time in the affairs of man when he must take the bull by the tail and face the situation.
~ W. C. Fields
Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.
~ W. Clement Stone
If we fight alongside men we love, we do not fight for our lives or gold or glory or kings, but for each other. Death is less painful than watching a loved one die; and no fear is as great as being alone after the battle. And no man would appear as a coward in his lover's eyes.
~ Unknown
Every man I had seen who seemed brave in facing another's sword had been either desperate to obtain something or to escape something. I could not think of a single exception. If desperation was not involved, men fought with very clear heads, and there was little bravery about it: none was required because they did not choose to act unless the odds of success were well in their favor.
~ Unknown
Let us go forth, the tellers of tales, and seize whatever prey the heart long for, and have no fear.
~ W.B. Yeats
There is but one coward on earth, and that is the coward that dare not know.
~ W.E.B. DuBois
Time, that is intolerant Of the brave and innocent, And indifferent in a week To a beautiful physique, Worships language, and forgives Everyone by whom it lives; Pardons cowardice, conceit, Lays its honours at his feet. Time, that with this strange excuse, Pardons Kipling and his views, And will pardon Paul Claudel, Pardons him for writing well.
~ W.H. Auden