Bravery Quotes - Page 8

Bravery despite defeat is praiseworthy. Victory despite cowardice is beyond praise.

Except a person be part coward, it is not a compliment to say he is brave.

Far better than emasculation would be the bravery of those who use physical force. Far better than cowardice would be meeting one's death fighting.

Let us all be brave enough to die the death of a martyr, but let no one lust for martyrdom.

Good resolutions are a pleasant crop to sow. -The seed springs up so readily, and the blossoms open so soon with such a brave show, especially at first. But when the time of flowers has passed, what as to the fruit?

Before I knew you, I thought brave was not being afraid. You've taught me that bravery is being terrified and doing it anyway.

The topic of leadership is a touchy one. A lot of leaders fail because they don't have the bravery to touch that nerve or strike that chord. Throughout my years, I haven't had that fear.

Despereaux marveled at his own bravery. He admired his own defiance. And then, reader, he fainted.

Courage is nine-tenths context. What is courageous in one setting can be foolhardy in another and even cowardly in a third.

Bravery is feeling fear but doing the thing anyway.

Fortune is the rod of the weak, and the staff of the brave.

I am not a hero but the brave men who died deserved this honor.

People glorify all sorts of bravery except the bravery they might show on behalf of their nearest neighbors.

The world's male chivalry has perished out, but women are knights-errant to the last; and, if Cervantes had been greater still, he had made his Don a Donna.

Bravery is knowledge of the cowardice of the enemy.

I don't know why I'm saying I'm brave.

The ability and inclination to use physical strength is no indication of bravery or tenacity to life. The greatest cowards are often the greatest bullies. Nothing is cheaper and more common than physical bravery.

I don't want to die without a few scars.

Is it not passing brave to be a King and ride in triumph through Persepolis?

Bravery comes when you commit to doing the work.

Fear forces us to spend our lives dealing with it, ostensibly to overcome it. But that is a trick. Only fear (the illusion of separation) would want us to work to be unafraid, precisely because it is not possible for a separate self to be unafraid!

I'm brave to say that I won't take this sort of risk.

What valor were it, when a cur doth grin, for one to thrust his hand between his teeth, when he might spurn him with his foot away?

Toil for the brave! The brave that are no more.

Horsemanship through the history of all nations has been considered one of the highest accomplishments. You can't pass a park without seeing a statue of some old codger on a horse. It must be to his bravery, you can tell it's not to his horsemanship.