Quotes About Bravery

Fear lives in the head. And courage lives in the heart. The job is to get from one to the other.

He was drawn to the edge of things. To the places old mariners knew, and warned, "Beyond here be monsters."… He stepped into the beyond, and found the monsters hidden deep inside all the reasonable, gentle, laughing people. He went where even they were afraid to go.

Yes, facts were necessary. But frankly, anyone could be trained to collect a bloodstain or find a hair. Or an affair. Or a bank balance that didn't balance. But feelings? Only the bravest wandered into that fiery realm.

The Chief had once told him about the behavior of gorillas when faced with an attack. They met it head on, staring down the enemy. But every now and then they'd reach out to touch the gorilla beside them. To make sure they were not alone. Keeping his eyes on the road, Jean-Guy reached out and touched Gamache's shoulder.

A brave man in a brave country. It was easy to be brave, when the country was also brave. But what happened if it wasn't? If it was corrupt, and grotesque, and greedy, and violent?

Each day they tracked down killers. Each day they put their own lives on the line. And in return they were scapegoated. Chained to the ground, food for politicians looking for reelection.

Gamache was the best of them, the smartest and bravest and strongest because he was willing to go into his own head alone, and open all the doors there, and enter all the dark rooms. And make friends with what he found there. And he went into the dark, hidden rooms in the minds of others. The minds of killers. And he faced down whatever monsters came at him. He went to places Beauvoir had never even dreamed existed.

Fear lives in the head. And courage lives in the heart. The job is to get from one

I'll pray that you grow up a brave man in a brave country," Clara said. "I will pray you find a way to be useful," Gamache completed the quote.

It was messy. Unruly. Risky. Scary. So much could go wrong. Failure was always close at hand. But so was brilliance.

By offering a second chance. One last chance. Don't get me wrong, I believe in using your head. But not in spending too much time in there. Fear lives in the head. And courage lives in the heart. The job is to get from one to the other.

But, like peace, comfort didn't come from hiding away or running away. Comfort first demanded courage

You'd hide behind a seventy-three-year-old woman? Are you that much of a coward?

Because you can't be brave if you're not afraid.

he wondered whether it was always the young who were brave. And the old grew fearful and cowardly. Was

Chief Inspector Gamache chose men and women for his team who might also be afraid, but had the courage to rise above it.

They'd evaded the monster. Instead, it had devoured a frightened child.

Loiselle shifted his gaze to the Prefect, supervising the arrests, before returning to Daniel. "Don't shy away from the truth. It's an amazing thing, to be willing to die for each other.

When I'm afraid, I always ask myself, what's the worst that can happen?" Chapter 5 · Page 41 · Location 733

I'll pray that you grow up a brave man in a brave country," he whispered. "I will pray you find a way to be useful.

Burn our ships.

The one inscribed Surprised by Joy and, above that, A Brave Man in a Brave Country.

A Brave Man in a Brave Country Surprised

Better to bloom even for an instant, if that's your nature, than live forever in hiding.