A brave man hazards life, but not his conscience.
Bravery on the battlefield is impossible for us. Bravery of the soul still remains open to us.
While prudence will endeavor to avoid this issue of war, bravery will prepare to meet it.
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?
To believe yourself brave is to be brave; it is the one only essential thing.
I always wanted to be a winner, to score goals. There was no massive bravery in terms of my mum passing away and stepping up. I just wanted to score. I know everyone would have given me a pass on it if I hadn't taken it. But I'd have had the hump with myself if I'd shirked it.
Lean into the sharp points and fully experience them. The essence of bravery is being without self-deception. Wisdom is inherent in (understanding) emotions.
Of Captain Elliot, already so well known to the government, it would be almost superfluous to speak; in this action, he evinced his characteristic bravery and judgment; and, since the close of the action, has given me the most able and essential assistance.
Before the trip began we mapped out three primary goals: 1) to see and meet with our American troops, and thank them for their bravery and sacrifice; 2) to assess the security situation in Iraq; and 3) to give our support to Iraq's national unity government.
Bravery shows up in everyday life when people have the courage to live their truth, their vision and their dreams.
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.
I remember devouring the entire Hardy Boys series over one summer, enthralled by their bravery and cleverness.
None but the brave deserve the fair.
In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.
You are stronger than me," Asa says. "And in bravery and strength, there is a kind of beauty.
What you feel doesn’t matter in the end; it’s what you do that makes you brave.
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?
If we take the generally accepted definition of bravery as a quality which knows no fear, I have never seen a brave man. All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened.
The discovery of magic can happen only when we transcend our embarrassment about being alive, when we have the bravery to proclaim the goodness and dignity of human life, without either hesitation or arrogance. Then magic can descend onto our existence.
The brave venture anything.