The ads all call me fearless, but that’s just publicity. Anyone who thinks I’m not scared out of my mind whenever I do one of my stunts is crazier than I am.

I have this feeling that the world is not in balance. And people are afraid, but we’re also starting to be really brave.

I think any life can be interesting, any surroundings can be interesting. I don’t think I could have been so brave if I had been living in a town, competing with people on what can be called a generally higher cultural level.

I believe that a man is the strongest soldier for daring to die unarmed.

I don’t worry. I don’t doubt. I’m daring. I’m a rebel.

Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.

The physical sensation of gliding with the wind in your face is exhilarating. That automatic activity of pedalling, when you have to be awake but not think too much, allows you to let subconscious thoughts bubble up, and things seem to just sort themselves out. And the adrenaline wakes you up if you weren’t properly alert.

Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace.

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.

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.

What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.

Better to have beasts that let themselves be killed than men who run away.

Advance, and never halt, for advancing is perfection. Advance and do not fear the thorns in the path, for they draw only corrupt blood.

I sometimes wish I were suffering in a good cause, or risking my life for the good of others, instead of just being a gravely endangered patient.

Don’t be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.

You cannot be a hero without being a coward.

In the flush of love’s light, we dare be brave. And suddenly we see that love costs all we are, and will ever be. Yet it is only love which sets us free.

The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man… It is more powerful than external circumstances.

The bravest person I’ve ever met was a young boy going through massive amounts of treatment for a very rare, complex and unpleasant disease. I last saw him at a Discworld convention, where he chose to take part in a game as an assassin. He died not long afterwards, and I wish I had his fortitude and sense of style.

Cowards die many times before their actual deaths.

Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.

There is always safety in valor.

Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.

The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life even in order to keep it.

Being young is a great advantage, since we see the world from a new perspective and we are not afraid to make radical changes.

True nobility is exempt from fear.

Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up. Only one thing matters, one thing; to be able to dare!

It’s better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life.

The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a sort of tumor that ends by killing the victim’s sympathies.

I am not afraid… I was born to do this.

In a false quarrel there is no true valor.

No one is so brave that he is not disturbed by something unexpected.

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.

No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause.

Heroes may not be braver than anyone else. They’re just braver five minutes longer.

We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.

If we take the generally accepted definition of bravery as a quality which knows no fear, I have never seen a brave man. All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened.

I have just returned from visiting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world!

A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.

Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.

You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy’s ranks.

When trouble breaks out, our men and women in uniform, they don’t just sit around thinking about it or talking about it – they act. They put on that uniform. They leave their loved ones behind. They go out there. They give orders. They follow orders. They do whatever it takes to keep our country safe.

Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage; the greatest braggarts are generally the merest cowards.

I don’t call up the press and say, ‚Look at me!‘

A lot of people ask me when I do a stunt, ‚Jackie, are you scared?‘ Of course I’m scared. I’m not Superman.

It’s wonderful to climb the liquid mountains of the sky. Behind me and before me is God and I have no fears.

Electric communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone who with their soul encourages another person to be brave and true.

Courage is a kind of salvation.

The valiant never taste of death but once.

The law of sacrifice is uniform throughout the world. To be effective it demands the sacrifice of the bravest and the most spotless.

The only happiness a brave person ever troubles themselves in asking about, is happiness enough to get their work done.

Many a man will have the courage to die gallantly, but will not have the courage to say, or even to think, that the cause for which he is asked to die is an unworthy one.

Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must decay.

Courage is being scared to death… and saddling up anyway.

I was the punk outsider who nobody messed with. I was fearless. At 16, I graduated and moved out.

A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.

Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.

Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.