Quotes About Bravery

did. The Burghers of Calais." Armand raised his head and stared up into the eyes of Eustache.

Pro patria mori,

It is sweet and right to die for your country.

She was fierce because she was afraid. Of everything. The rest of the world saw a strong, noble lioness. He looked at his daughter and saw Bert Lahr, though he'd never tell her that. Or her husband.

Emily Carr. And the ridicule she'd endured at the hands of gallery owners, critics, a public too afraid to go where she wanted to take them.

Death is the fate no one can escape. The question, then, is, How does one die? A person can die like a hero or like a coward. The difference is that the hero can face death without fear, whereas the coward can't.

I would describe a hero as a person who has no fear of life, who can face life squarely.

Only in the spirit of attack, born in a brave heart, will bring success to any fighter aircraft, no matter how highly developed it may be.

A show of daring oft conceals great fear.

From Iolcus the sea was first challenged, when the untried Argo scorned the shore and brought together nations that before were strangers; she first matched mankind against the raging winds and waves of ocean, and by her means a new form of death was added to the old.

The man prepared to die will not be beaten cheaply.

Death, would that you scorned to take the coward's life, And came only to valour!

Risk should not reflect a celebration of foolishness but a freedom from fear.

I used to be terrified of going to the bathroom until Uncle John taught me to start at the front door, whisper over and over to myself, "God will take care of me. God will take care of me," and run like hell.

Everyone's scared of something. Not everyone has the courage to admit it.

I'd rather regret the things I have done than the things I have not.

and i am consumed with love for all of it the everydayness of bravery of hate of fear of tragedy of death and birth and hope

Behold a worthy sight, to which the God, turning his attention to his own work, may direct his gaze. Behold an equal thing, worthy of a God, a brave man matched in conflict with evil fortune.

Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

Where fear is, happiness is not.

If thou art a man, admire those who attempt great things, even though they fail.

A person's fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.

The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear-not absence of fear. Except a creature be part coward it is not a compliment to say it is brave.