Best 1109 quotes in «bravery quotes» category

The single biggest act of bravery or madness anyone can do is the act of change.

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.

The truly fearless think of themselves as normal.

The world continues to offer glittering prizes to those who have stout hearts and sharp swords.

The terrorists-those nineteen people, with hundreds or maybe thousands behind them-did the worst thing you can possibly imagine. But tens of millions people did the right thing...On 9/11, all the hatred and murder could not compare with the weight of love, of bravery, of caring.

The world is not limited by IQ. We are all limited by bravery and creativity.

Things would get difficult again. But that was okay too. The bravery was in moving forward, no matter what.

The world's male chivalry has perished out, but women are knights-errant to the last; and, if Cervantes had been greater still, he had made his Don a Donna.

The Way of a Warrior is based on humanity, love, and sincerity; the heart of martial valor is true bravery, wisdom, love, and friendship. Emphasis on the physical aspects of warriorship is futile, for the power of the body is always limited.

Three things prompt men to a regular discharge of their duty in time of action: natural bravery, hope of reward, and fear of punishment.

Though violence is not lawful, when it is offered in self-defense or for the defense of the defenseless, it is an act of bravery far better than cowardly submission. The latter befits neither man nor woman. Under violence, there are many stages and varieties of bravery. Every man must judge this for himself. No other person can or has the right.

To be able to live and train in Iraq under these circumstances you need to be brave.

Tis not too late to-morrow to be brave.

To face despair and not give in to it, that's courage.

To fight aloud is very brave, but gallanter, I know, who charge within the bosom, the Cavalry of Woe.

Together we hope to establish a standard of Bravery and Kindness, as well as a community worldwide that protects and nurtures others in the face of bullying and abandonment.

Those who were cowards never started, and those who were weak were lost on the way, but the brave find a home in every land.

To me, bravery is to stand up for what you believe in.

Toil for the brave! The brave that are no more.

To live with fear and not be afraid is the final test of maturity.

True bravery is being exactly who you are, imperfections included. Vulnerability is the most precious gift you can give.

True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher.

True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason.

Unexampled bravery, born of nonviolence, coupled with strict honesty shown by a fair number of Muslims, is sure to infect the whole of India.

Unless you have a huge ego, I think it requires a tremendous amount of bravery to keep putting yourself out there, knowing that you will get rejected most of the time.

Two lives met across death and centuries. To ask what it meant is meaningless. There is no destiny. But sometimes there is bravery

War and courage have done more great things than charity. Not your sympathy, but your bravery has saved the unfotunate.

To stand up on a stage alone with an acoustic guitar requires bravery bordering on heroism. Bordering on insanity.

Virtue is but heroic bravery, to do the thing thought to be true, in spite of all enemies of flesh or spirit, in despite of all temptations or menaces.

We always have to ask ourselves whether the level of risk is worth the story. What is bravery, and what is bravado?

Was it for this the wild geese spread The gray wing upon every tide; For this that all that blood was shed, For this. Edward Fitzgerald died, And Robert Emmet and Wolfe Tone, All that delirium of the brave? Romantic Ireland's dead and gone, It's with O'Leary in the grave.

We are all born brave, trusting and greedy, and most of us remain greedy.

Washington and the elder Napoleon. Both were brave men; both were true men; both loved their country and dared to expose their lives for their country's cause.

We have need to be as sturdy pioneers still as Miles Standish, or Church, or Lovewell. We are to follow on another trail, it is true, but one as convenient for ambushes. What if the Indians are exterminated, are not savages as grim prowling about the clearings today?

Weapons may be carried by creatures who are evil, dishonest, violent or lazy. The true warrior is good, gentle and honest. His bravery comes from within himself; he learns to conquer his own fears and misdeeds. —Matthias

We're always hearing about risk-takers whose risks paid off, but they are no braver than those whose risks end in ridicule.

What is more mortifying than to feel that you have missed the plum for want of courage to shake the tree?

What an admirable training is science for the more active warfare of life! Indeed, the unchallenged bravery which these studies imply, is far more impressive than the trumpeted valor of the warrior.

What valor were it, when a cur doth grin, for one to thrust his hand between his teeth, when he might spurn him with his foot away?

What recommends commerce to me is its enterprise and bravery. It does not clasp its hands and pray to Jupiter.

We are not afraid of nuclear weapons. The point is that if we had in fact wanted to build a nuclear bomb, we are brave enough to say that we want it. But we never do that.

What you feel doesn’t matter in the end; it’s what you do that makes you brave.

When you've married someone who's been at war, there is nothing you can do that compares to that level of selflessness and bravery.

When virtue was spoken of in the classical sense, for men, it always meant bravery or protecting others or being an adventurer and going out into the world - whereas a woman's virtue meant keeping her legs closed.

While prudence will endeavor to avoid this issue of war, bravery will prepare to meet it.

Whither depart the souls of the brave that die in the battle, Die in the lost, lost fight, for the cause that perishes with them?

Where do you find the strength to brave a barrage of enemy fire and to bring your wounded friends to safety at great risk to your own life? Conviction.

Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency.

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.

Without a sign, his sword the brave man draws, and asks no omen, but his country's cause.