Quotes About Bravery

It only took one searing mental snapshot of a comrade and his aircraft turned to a golden blob of flame by missiles, flak, or MiGs striking from a Washington-designated "sanctuary" to convince him that his ass really did belong to Uncle, and in this one, Uncle wasn't very concerned about it.

Courage, real bravery, is being afraid and doing what you need to do anyway.

What if they're waiting for us out there?" Jason asked, his voice echoing oddly in the tunnel. "Then you and I are going to go through them like a stampede through a weak fence," Kira said. "What happened to the Kira who didn't think she could do anything much?" "Kira doesn't have the luxury of self-doubt at the moment.

I can't believe we survived that." "I can't believe how you can fight." "I was scared to death. I hardly knew what I was doing." Jason shook his head. "I'd hate to fight you when you did know what you were doing.

Y ahí es donde se les vio por última vez, parados, brazo con brazo, sobre la cubierta, a esta devota esposa abrazada valerosamente de su esposo, a este amoroso esposo estrechando protectoramente a su esposa, al hundirse el barco. Juntos por siempre … Barbara De Angelis, doctora en filosofía

Take a Leap! Come to the edge, He said. They said: We are afraid. Come to the edge, He said. They came. He pushed them, And they flew… GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE Avant-garde French poet

Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down. RAY BRADBURY

Step into your fear.

Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway by Susan Jeffers

If you ain't got no choice, be brave. -Dirk Johnson

First you jump off the cliff and you build wings on the way down. RAY BRADBURY Prolific American author of science fiction and fantasy

Everything you want is on the other side of fear.

Never look at the odds, buddy.

Fortune favors the bold.

Jack Coughlin

The women at Dachau knew they were about to be gassed when they pushed back the Nazi guard who wanted to die with them, saying he must live. And sang for a little while after the doors closed.

Without bravery, we will never be able to realize the vaulting scope of our own capacities. Without bravery, we will never know the world as richly as it longs to be known. Without bravery, our lives will remain small - far smaller than we probably want our lives to be.

During the Second World War, the good people of the great Mosque in Paris looked after many of the city's Jewish population, supplying them with Muslim identity certificates so they would not be taken away to concentration camps.

In wartime, everyone loves a soldier, and a wounded hero even more so.

Let's not get ahead of ourselves There's no need for rain It's our own parade Let's not be afraid of our reflections It's not only you you're looking at now

You got to tell me the brave captain Why are the wicked so strong? How do the angels get to sleep When the devil leaves the porch light on? —Tom Waits "I never want to hear the screams Of the teenage girls in other people's dreams." —The Specials "The soul under the burden of sin cannot flee." —Iris Murdoch, The Unicorn

Not one has shown an iota of fear of death. They want to end this agony.

Fear controls you.

To open deeply, as genuine spiritual life requires, we need tremendous courage and strength, a kind of warrior spirit.