Best 1109 quotes in «bravery quotes» category

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

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

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

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'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.

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.

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.

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

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.]

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

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.

In times of distress strengthen your heart.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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 bravery means a different thing to everyone.

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 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 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 brave to be involved. To be not fearful to be unresolved.

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 easy enough to praise men for the courage of their conviction. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy generation the courage of their convictions.

It is amidst great perils we see brave hearts.

It is not an act of bravery to try to save your own village. It is an instinct to protect what you possess. Bravery is when you step in to help when you have nothing to lose.

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

It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only by defying it that the brave escape.

It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man.

It requires a certain kind of bravery, I suppose, to choose the status quo. There's a certain boldness to inaction.

It's a brave new world.

It's a very brave thing to fall in love. You have to be willing to trust somebody else with your whole being, and that's very difficult, really difficult and very brave.

It's a fact that children with cancer have higher cure rates than adults with cancer, and I wonder if the reason is their natural, unthinking bravery... Adults know too much about failure; they're more cynical and resigned and fearful.

It shows a brave and resolute spirit not to be agitated in exciting circumstances.

It's not a one time heroic moment but is living each day with bravery.

It's not the magnitude of the task that matters, it's the magnitude of our courage.

It takes courage to be the author of your life.

It is still harder all around for women to get funding in business and film. There are only a very small group of female unicorns who have the power to tell stories on film. We need to have the courage to push back... all the effort is the work of bravery.

It takes bravery to care for someone — no matter who he is or what made him, whether he is weak or walking or jumping out of windows. The risk involved is enormous.