Quotes About Bravery

Bro! Tell me we still know how to speak of kings! In the old days, everyone knew what men were: brave, bold, glory-bound. Only stories now, but I'll sound the Spear-Danes' song, hoarded for hungry times.

Are you afraid of dying, Ferris?' 'I'm afraid of not living.

You talked once of bodily dignity.' 'I've seen heads shot off.

Aren't you afraid of dying, Ferris?' 'I'm afraid of not living.

I was a little doubtful about the propriety of going to the Mammoth Cave without a gentleman escort, but if two ladies travel alone they must have the courage of men.

courage is walking through your fear with faith.

I want to be the hero," she announced.

Lucy shivered and went on again. 'This is an adventure,' she thought. 'You can't have an adventure if you stop in the middle.

Kero and Rollo stood over it, slick with blood, both holding knives. 'Kero, you came? Why?' asked Naif. 'Maybe I just needed someone to show me how to be brave enough,' he replied with a hint of a dangerous grin.

Captain Myles Standish

Who rides on a tiger can never dismount; asleep on an elephant, that is repose.

Willing to be reckless. If you can't be that, what's the point of the whole thing?

It takes courage...to endure the sharp pains of self discovery rather than choose to take the dull pain of unconsciousness that would last the rest of our lives.

Courage! I have shown it for years; think you I shall lose it at the moment when my sufferings are to end?

There's a bit of difference between swimming in shark-infested water because you're trying to retrieve something from the bottom, and staying in just because you're already there and haven't been eaten yet.

I therefore had only enough fear to make myself terrified — not enough to turn back

Let it never be said that I court my own death without proper planning.

You must never be fearful of what you are doing when it is right.

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. Eleanor Roosevelt

The fastest way out of our fear is through it.

This isn't always possible, but train yourself to move toward discomfort. Put yourself in situations that feel scary and intimidating—that's where the figureoutable magic is!

You might have heard that "fear" is the acronym for False Evidence Appearing Real. Or maybe you roll with the cheeky edition: Fuck Everything and Run. I prefer the more actionable version: Face Everything and Rise.

Fear is not the enemy. Waiting to stop feeling afraid is.

Action is the antidote to fear.