Quotes on Bravery

I think that if you were somehow able to measure the weight of human kindness, it would have weighed more on 9/11 than it ever had. On 9/11, all the hatred and murder could not compare with the weight of love, of bravery, of caring. I have to believe that.

Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed.

Serenity comes from the ability to say “Yes” to existence. Courage comes from the ability to say “No” to the wrong choices made by others.

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

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.

An Indian respects a brave man, but he despises a coward.

An artist is someone who uses bravery, insight, creativity, and boldness to challenge the status quo. And an artist takes it personally.

One man with courage is a majority.

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

At some point, you have to stop running and turn around and face whoever wants you dead.The hard thing is finding the courage to do it.

The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.

It is hard to be brave, when you're only a Very Small Animal.

Curiosity is one of the forms of feminine bravery.

It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.

I came in contact with every known Indian anarchist in London. Their bravery impressed me, but I felt that their zeal was misguided. I felt that violence was no remedy for India's ills, and that her civilisation required the use of a different and higher weapon for self-protection. - Hind Swaraj

People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.

Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.