Bravery Quotes

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

Bran thought about it. 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?'
'That is the only time a man can be brave,' his father told him.

Fear cuts deeper than swords.

A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.

Don't be afraid of your fears. They're not there to scare you. They're there to let you know that something is worth it.

you can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.

Scared is what you're feeling. Brave is what you're doing.

There are so many ways to be brave in this world. Sometimes bravery involves laying down your life for something bigger than yourself, or for someone else. Sometimes it involves giving up everything you have ever known, or everyone you have ever loved, for the sake of something greater.
But sometimes it doesn't.
Sometimes it is nothing more than gritting your teeth through pain, and the work of every day, the slow walk toward a better life.
That is the sort of bravery I must have now.

Courage is found in unlikely places.

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

Let the first act of every morning be to make the following resolve for the day:
- I shall not fear anyone on Earth.
- I shall fear only God.
- I shall not bear ill will toward anyone.
- I shall not submit to injustice from anyone.
- I shall conquer untruth by truth. And in resisting untruth, I shall put up with all suffering.

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.

Harry - you're a great wizard, you know."
"I'm not as good as you," said Harry, very embarrassed, as she let go of him.
"Me!" said Hermione. "Books! And cleverness! There are more important things - friendship and bravery and - oh Harry - be careful!

Yet each man kills the thing he loves
By each let this be heard
Some do it with a bitter look
Some with a flattering word
The coward does it with a kiss
The brave man with a sword

No matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something real happens.

Listen to the people who love you. Believe that they are worth living for even when you don't believe it. Seek out the memories depression takes away and project them into the future. Be brave; be strong; take your pills. Exercise because it's good for you even if every step weighs a thousand pounds. Eat when food itself disgusts you. Reason with yourself when you have lost your reason.

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

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.

She'd also called me brave...unless she was talking to the catfish.

The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams.

The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls.

Keep in mind that many people have died for their beliefs; it's actually quite common. The real courage is in living and suffering for what you believe.

Without fear there cannot be courage.

Tessa touched his wrist lightly with her hand. "Be brave," she said. "It's not a duck, is it?

I am my own biggest critic. Before anyone else has criticized me, I have already criticized myself. But for the rest of my life, I am going to be with me and I don't want to spend my life with someone who is always critical. So I am going to stop being my own critic. It's high time that I accept all the great things about me.

If I am to be fallen into love, I will. And if as a result I will appear to be stupid, disillusioned, and of poor judgment, I will. And I would be damned if I cared what other people think. For I would rather be thought of as all of these things, than not love. If in loving, I become the naked woman on the horse, I will ride that horse with my head held high. This is my spirit. I am unbreakable.

It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.

It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.

Before I knew you, I thought brave was not being afraid. You've taught me that bravery is being terrified and doing it anyway.

It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.

Taking no chances means wasting your dreams..

Being brave is when you have to do something because you know it is right, but at the same time, you are afraid to do it, because it might hurt or whatever. But you do it anyway.

A chasm reminds us that there is a fine line between bravery and idiocy.

One of the greatest regrets in life is being what others would want you to be, rather than being yourself.

Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.

A kind of light spread out from her. And everything changed color. And the world opened out. And a day was good to awaken to. And there were no limits to anything. And the people of the world were good and handsome. And I was not afraid any more.

I used to feel so alone in the city. All those gazillions of people and then me, on the outside. Because how do you meet a new person? I was very stunned by this for many years. And then I realized, you just say, "Hi." They may ignore you. Or you may marry them. And that possibility is worth that one word.

To be brave is to love someone unconditionally, without expecting anything in return. To just give. That takes courage, because we don't want to fall on our faces or leave ourselves open to hurt.

We cannot be sure of having something to live for unless we are willing to die for it.

I believe that the most important single thing, beyond discipline and creativity is daring to dare.

The bravest thing I ever did was continuing my life when I wanted to die.

Living by faith includes the call to something greater than cowardly self-preservation.

Nobody who says, ‘I told you so’ has ever been, or will ever be, a hero.

You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.

Never did the world make a queen of a girl who hides in houses and dreams without traveling.

Don't be afraid of being scared. To be afraid is a sign of common sense. Only complete idiots are not afraid of anything.

I cannot have a man who is afraid of everything, I don't have the time to soothe insecurities and fears, I cannot have a man who is standing on a stone by a creek, watching for the fish to swim by and every time he sees a fish he says "Oh look, this fish scares me, I wonder what this fish means, this fish might mean- this, or this fish might mean- that" for God's sake, they are just fish, and they don't mean anything! Such a sad thing, so many fine, strong men standing on top of little stones, pointing at fish all the time! Such a waste! Such a waste of time! I can only have a man who will leap into the water, not minding the damn fish and whatever other little things that scare him. I need to have someone who is braver than me; if I am a pirate, he has to be the pirate Captain, if I am a pirate Captain he has to be the flying dragon.

In case you never get a second chance: don't be afraid!" "And what if you do get a second chance?" "You take it!

What's the bravest thing you ever did?
He spat in the road a bloody phlegm. Getting up this morning, he said.

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