Best 1109 quotes in «bravery quotes» category

I am brave, but I take a view. It is an educated view. I am careful. I am not reckless.

I am bravery. I am courage. I am valor. I am daring. I am holding a thesaurus.

I am not a hero but the brave men who died deserved this honor.

I became a writer not because my father was one - my father made false teeth for a living. I became a writer because the Irish nuns who educated me taught me something about bravery with their willingness to give so much to me.

I congratulate you, my brave countrymen and fellow soldiers, on the spirit and success with which you have executed this important part of our enterprise.

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

I decided once and for all that I was going to make it or die.

. . . idealism is one of the greatest forces in the world. It makes seeming impossibilities possible and succeeds where prudence fails. But unless the idealist is brave and has the courage to face the truth, his idealism creates nothing.

I courted fame but as a spur to brave and honest deeds; who despises fame will soon renounce the virtues that deserve it.

If the impulse to daring and bravery is too fierce and violent, stay it with guidance and instruction.

I don't think that bravery is about skin. Bravery is about a willingness to show emotional need.

I don't want to die without a few scars.

I find my greatest strength in wanting to be strong. I find my greatest bravery in deciding to be brave. I don't know if I've ever realized it before,[...] I think we both realize it now. If there's no feeling of fear, then there's no need for courage.

If one cannot live the life of the brave, then it is better to die like the brave.

I feel like my secret magic trick that separates me from a lot of my peers is the bravery to be vulnerable and truthful and honest.

I have a theory that selflessness and bravery aren't all that different. All your life you've been training to forget yourself, so when you're in danger, it becomes your first instinct

I have seen incredible bravery from very young guys, the young generation that people write off.

I have never known what to tell anybody. Except that it is better to do something than nothing, even if the cost is great.

I hear many condemn these men because they were so few. When were the good and the brave ever in a majority? Would you have had him wait till that time came?--till you and I came over to him?

I knew that if the feat was accomplished it must be at a most fearful sacrifice of as brave and gallant soldiers as ever engaged in battle.

I just don't want to die without a few scars.

I love the focus and bravery of European designers, but I love the nonchalance and throwaway aspect of America that has made Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein two of the greatest icons. I try to bridge those two worlds in my work. The clothes may be couture on the runway but there's an attitude that's very street and that comes from America.

I like doing a challenging class because it makes me more brave in life. My perception of hardships is now completely different. I'm not whining and moaning inside as much.

I'll tell you what bravery really is. Bravery is just determination to do a job that you know has to be done.

I love drag queens and I love going to see them perform because those people have got so much character and bravery. Such balls! I love people with balls.

I might hatch an idea in my comfort zone, but to bring it to reality requires bravery.

In a speedy and aggressive culture, we need different principles to live by-bravery and insight. The first moment of bravery is building trust in the mind, which we do in meditation. When we know how to create peace in our own mind, we can transform the world.

In adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a wretched life. [Lat., Rebus in angustis facile est contemnere vitam; Fortiter ille facit qui miser esse potest.]

I'm inspired by people like Nelson Mandela. Can you imagine - you know how racist America was back then - imagine how racism was in South Africa when he had to stand up and say what he had to say. That's bravery beyond comprehension.

Im not so sure that younger people today really appreciate the enormous bravery that went into the creation and production of that film, or how important a film at the time it really was.

In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.

I never thought I would need bravery in the small moments of my life. I do.

In my humble opinion, those who come to engage in debates of consequence, and who challenge accepted wisdom, should expect to be treated badly. Nonetheless, they must stand undaunted. That is required. And that should be expected. For it is bravery that is required to secure freedom.

In fact, the Alejandro video...is a celebration of my love and appreciation for the gay community, my admiration of their bravery, and their love for one another, their courage in their relationships.

In the final analysis courage is nothing but an affirmative answer to the shocks of existence, to the shocks which it is necessary to bear for the sake of realizing one's own nature.

I often say of my background: "That and a Metrocard will get me downtown." Honestly, I think the upshot of my training in acting and writing is that I've been trained to be adventurous. There are so many moments in conservatory where I was encouraged to push the envelope and color outside the lines. I think that sense of bravery flavors what I do. It allows me to take chances that I might not otherwise take.

In times of distress strengthen your heart.

I remember devouring the entire Hardy Boys series over one summer, enthralled by their bravery and cleverness.

I see neither bravery nor sacrifice in destroying life or property, for offense or defense.

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

I shot down some German planes and I got shot down myself, crashing in a burst of flames and crawling out, getting rescued by brave soldiers.

I take a deep breath and sidestep my fear and begin speaking from the place where beauty and bravery meet--within the chambers of a quivering heart.

I think bravery means a different thing to everyone.

I think bravery is when you're willing to really put yourself on the line and maybe lose out, financially - and be able to say exactly what motivates you and what inspires you and what you find completely unacceptable in humanity and in culture.

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.

I think we must cling to the hope that we can see in the great heroism, the bravery of the firemen and policemen, and the outpouring of caring and concern that has come pouring in from around the world.

It is amidst great perils we see brave hearts.

I think it's so wrong to play the victim. There's too many brave women out there that just won't even tolerate it, you know?

I think I was always subconsciously driven by an attempt to restate that faith and to show where it was properly grounded, how it grew out of what a great many young men on both sides felt and believed and were brave enough to do

It is besides necessary that whoever is brave should be a man of great soul.