bravery quotes

None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear.

Some people will have to be afraid. Those who plunder the nation, deliver injustice, will have to feel scared of me. And I am not afraid of admitting this. Government cannot be so lenient that it forgives them.

In a false quarrel there is no true valor.

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.

Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle.

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

There is always safety in valor.

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.

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 martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison a more illustrious abode.

The coward wretch whose hand and heart Can bear to torture aught below, Is ever first to quail and start From the slightest pain or equal foe.

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.

One ought never to turn one’s back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!

How can any man be weak who dares to be at all?

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

I am fearless.

I don’t fear anybody… at all.

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!

You cannot be a hero without being a coward.

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

I can’t pretend that I’m brave and that I can beat the whole world.

The valiant never taste of death but once.

Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down.

If we are marked to die, we are enough to do our country loss; and if to live, the fewer men, the greater share of honor.

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

In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.

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.

Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory.

Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.

This thing of being a hero, about the main thing to it is to know when to die.

Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.

I’ve always seen first responders as unsung heroes and very special people because, when everyone else is running away from danger, they run into it.

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

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

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

Cowards die many times before their actual deaths.

We are braver and wiser because they existed, those strong women and strong men… We are who we are because they were who they were. It’s wise to know where you come from, who called your name.

You’ll never do a whole lot unless you’re brave enough to try.

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

Freedom lies in being bold.

Over the course of my career in law enforcement, I have witnessed over and over again the selflessness and sacrifice of law enforcement who lay their lives on the line every day to protect people who they will never meet and people who will never know their names.

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

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

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

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

I think fearless is having fears but jumping anyway.

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

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.

I’d rather give my life than be afraid to give it.

The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave. It’s the age-old struggle: the roar of the crowd on the one side, and the voice of your conscience on the other.

Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it; courage which arises from a sense of duty acts; in a uniform manner.

I love the name of honor, more than I fear death.

Only those are fit to live who are not afraid to die.

Ladies and gentlemen, god bless America – land of the free, home of the brave.

In fact, my courage and my bravery at a young age was the thing I was bullied for, a kind of ‚Who do you think you are?‘

I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‚Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.

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.

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

Political courage is not political suicide.

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?