Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death.
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Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death.
Loyalty and devotion lead to bravery. Bravery leads to the spirit of self-sacrifice. The spirit of self-sacrifice creates trust in the power of love.
It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.
A great deal of talent is lost to the world for the want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves a number of obscure men who have only remained obscure because their timidity has prevented them from making a first effort; and who, if they could only have been induced to begin, would in all probability have gone great lengths in the career of fame.
Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.
Except a person be part coward, it is not a compliment to say he is brave.
A coward turns away, but a brave man's choice is danger.
It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived.
For without belittling the courage with which men have died, we should not forget those acts of courage with which men have lived.
The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy.
The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.
Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.
I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.
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