Quotes on Bravery

It's not the magnitude of the task that matters, it's the magnitude of our courage.

I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand.

Lean into the sharp points and fully experience them. The essence of bravery is being without self-deception. Wisdom is inherent in (understanding) emotions.

Ultimately, that is the definition of bravery: not being afraid of yourself.

Since the dawn of history, mankind has honoured and respected brave and honest people.

Perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave.

There's a difference between bravery and rash stupidity.

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

It is a law of human nature that in victory even the coward may boast of his prowess, while defeat injures the reputation even of the brave.

Persevere in thy quest and thou shalt find what thou seekest. Pursue thy aim unswervingly and thou shalt gain victory. Struggle earnestly and thou shalt triumph.

Bravery is not a quality of the body. It is of the soul.

Don't try to be brave when it is enough to be intelligent.

A brave man struggling in the storms of fate, And greatly falling with a falling state.

Who combats bravely is not therefore brave, He dreads a death-bed like the meanest slave: Who reasons wisely is not therefore wise,- His pride in reasoning, not in acting lies.

Just as so many rivers, so many showers of rain from above, so many medicinal springs do not alter the taste of the sea, so the pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man. For it maintains its balance, and over all that happens it throws its own complexion, because it is more powerful than external circumstances.

Brave men don't belong to any one country. I respect bravery wherever I see it.

The history of the world is full of men who rose to leadership, by sheer force of self-confidence, bravery and tenacity.

Fans, true fans, are hard to find and precious. Just a few can change everything. What they demand, though, is generosity and bravery.

These are the men who, without virtue, labour, or hazard, are growing rich, as their country is impoverished; they rejoice, when obstinacy or ambition adds another year to slaughter and devastation; and laugh, from their desks, at bravery and science, while they are adding figure to figure, and cipher to cipher, hoping for a new contract from a new armament, and computing the profits of a siege or tempest.

If heaven were by merit, it would never be heaven to me, for if I were in it I should say, "I am sure I am here by mistake; I am sure this is not my place; I have no claim to it." But if it be of grace and not of works, then we may walk into heaven with boldness.

May every soul that touches mine - be it the slightest contact - get there from some good; some little grace; one kindly thought; one aspiration yet unfelt; one bit of courage for the darkening sky; one gleam of faith to brave the thickening ills of life; one glimpse of brighter skies beyond the gathering mists - to make this life worthwhile.