Be Brave Quotes - Page 8

• Enflamed with the study of learning and the admiration of virtue; stirred up with high hopes of living to be brave men and worthy patriots, dear to God, and famous to all ages.

  John Milton

  Learning, Men, Bravery

  John Locke, John Milton (1830). “Some thoughts concerning education”, p.277

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• You don't get very far in life without having to be brave an awful lot. Because we all have our frightening moments and difficult trials and we don't have much of a choice but to get through 'em, and it takes a lot of bravery to do that. The most important thing about bravery is this - It's not about not being scared - it's about being scared and doing it anyway - that's bravery.

  Ysabella Brave

  Military, Brave, Choices

  YouTube Channel "Ysabella Brave"/"Everyday Bravery", www.youtube.com. March 25, 2007.

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• If we want there to be peace in the world, we have to be brave enough to soften what is rigid in our hearts, to find the soft spot and stay with it. We have to have that kind of courage and take that kind of responsibility. That’s the true practice of peace.

  Pema Chodron

  Heart, Responsibility, Practice

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• You can live your dreams if you can embrace change. It's by taking chances that you'll learn how to be brave.

  Nikita Koloff

  Dream, Inspiration, Brave

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• No, I'm afraid they might slip and hit a nerve and I'd end up with one side of my face hanging down or something. I'll just stick with this one for a while and take my chances. I'll be brave.

  Lauren Bacall

  Memorable, Brave, Nerves

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• I don't have a drink problem. But if that was the case and doctors told me I had to stop, I'd like to think that I would be brave enough to drink myself into the grave.

  Oliver Reed

  Drinking, Thinking, Doctors

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• Any idiot can be brave, but courage is about knowing what's at stake, and moving forward anyway.

  Meg Ryan

  Moving, Knowing, Brave

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• The longer human beings exist, it seems, the less likely we are to choose to be brave.

  Joe Meno

  Brave, Humans, Seems

  Joe Meno (2011). “The Great Perhaps”, p.273, Pan Macmillan

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• You cannot be brave if you do not have a coward inside you.

  Deepak Chopra

  Inspirational, Brave, Coward

  Deepak Chopra (2008). “Synchrodestiny: Harnessing the Infinite Power of Coincidence to Create Miracles”, p.190, Random House

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• Be brave with your life, so others will be brave with theirs.

  Katherine Center

  Brave

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• Live Strong, Act Bold, Be Brave. Nothing's too hard to do, ALWAYS BELIEVE.

  The Ultimate Warrior

  Strong, Believe, Brave

  Twitter post from Feb 17, 2018

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• Not everyone can be strong or clever. Not everyone can be beautiful. But we can ALL be brave!

  Geraldine McCaughrean

  Beautiful, Strong, Clever

  Geraldine McCaughrean (2010). “Peter Pan in Scarlet”, p.97, Oxford University Press - Children

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• I knew that I would have to be brave. Not foolhardy, not in love with risk and danger, not making ridiculous exhibitions of myself to prove that I wasn't terrified--really genuinely brave. Brave enough to be quiet when quiet was called for, brave enough to observe before flinging myself into something, brave enough to not abandon my true self when someone else wanted to seduce or force me in a direction I didn't want to go, brave enough to stand my ground quietly.

  Piper Kerman

  Self, Brave, Risk

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• Be brave. Be open-minded. Be kind. Be forgiving. Be generous. Be optimistic. Be grateful for the many unexpected lessons you will learn. Find the joy inside the hardship. It's there. I assure you. And, too, be open to inspiration from unlikely sources.

  Dana Reeve

  Inspiration, Grateful, Optimistic

  Commencement Address at Middlebury College, May 23, 2004.

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• Courage is the ability to conquer fear or despair, to be brave or have a quality of mind or temperament that enables you to stand fast in the face of opposition, hardship or danger.

  Jo Baer

  Courage, Brave, Mind

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• Pain nourishes courage. You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you. Pain is inevitable. Misery is optional. Physical pain is a fact that comes with living, just as illness or financial woes or broken relationships are facts. But misery is a state of mind, a reaction to the facts, that can be controlled or altered by an act of will.

  Barbara

  Courage, Pain, Broken

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• We Call Them the Brave who likely were reluctant to be brave.

  Marianne Moore

  Brave, Reluctant

  Marianne Moore (2017). “New Collected Poems of Marianne Moore”, p.199, Faber & Faber

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• WikiLeaks is really a litmus test for those people who walk the talk in the media. How much will they really follow their protestations to be brave publishers, and how much do they really want to lick the boots of power? Well, you can tell by their engagement with us and what they do.

  Julian Assange

  Media, People, Brave

  "A Conversation With Julian Assange". Interview with John Cook, gawker.com. November 29, 2012.

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• Artist, be brave! Go and make the most of what you do best!

  Ana Tzarev

  Artist, Brave

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• Oh, no, I'm not brave. When a thing is certain, there's nothing to be brave about. All you can do is to find your consolation.

  Agatha Christie

  Courage, Brave, Certain

  Agatha Christie (1992). “Endless Night”, HarperCollins

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• I do know that I can take a punch. I've been punched in the face three times. That's, I think, a really important thing to know about yourself. It helps you in life. It helps you be brave when you know you can take a punch. I'm a lover, not a fighter. But, God bless me, I can take a punch.

  Sarah Silverman

  Thinking, Brave, Important

  "Sarah Silverman talks boobs, and answers our 11 questions". Interview with Marah Eakin, tv.avclub.com. September 23, 2014.

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• One cannot be honest even at the end of one's life, for no one is wholly alone. We are bound to those we love, or to those who love us, and to those who need us to be brave, or content, or even happy enough to allow them not to worry about us. So we must refrain from giving pain, as our last gift to our fellows.

  Florida Scott-Maxwell

  Pain, Worry, Giving

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• I have read of women who have been strongly, grandly brave. Sometimes I have dreamed that I might be brave. The possibilities of this life are magnificent.

  Mary MacLane

  Brave, Might, Sometimes

  Mary MacLane (2014). “I Await the Devil's Coming: Annotated & Unexpurgated”, p.82, Petrarca Press

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• Be brave and be patient. Have faith in yourself; trust in the significance of your life and the purpose of your passion.

  Jillian Michaels

  Passion, Brave, Purpose

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• The fact is, when people choose to be brave instead of smart, their courage is generally so threatening to those who are smart rather than brave that they end up being maligned, not congratulated. This is what the Bible says we can expect.

  Gary Haugen

  Smart, People, Brave

  Gary A. Haugen (2009). “Just Courage: God's Great Expedition for the Restless Christian”, p.118, InterVarsity Press

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