Brave Man Quotes - Page 8

• Nothing can rightly compel a simple and brave man to a vulgar sadness.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Sadness, Men, Simple

  Henry David Thoreau (2014). “Citizen Thoreau: Walden, Civil Disobedience, Life Without Principle, Slavery in Massachusetts, A Plea for Captain John Brown”, p.84, Graphic Arts Books

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• I think you'd have to be a pretty brave man to say "never go out of style," but men's suiting has been relatively stable for 100 years now. The single-breasted, two-button gray flannel suit, you could've worn it in exactly the same cut, shape and fabric in 1910 as you wear it in 2010.

  Patrick Grant

  Cutting, Men, Thinking

  "Recognize Craftsmanship". Interview with Daniel Barna, www.askmen.com.

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• The brave men who died in Vietnam, more than 100% of which were black, were the ultimate sacrifice.

  Marion Barry

  Peace, War, Sacrifice

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• Every man is scared in his first battle. If he says he's not, he's a liar. Some men are cowards but they fight the same as the brave men or they get the hell slammed out of them watching
  men fight who are just as scared as they are. The real hero is the man who fights even though he is scared.

  George S. Patton

  Real, Liars, Hero

  Speech to the Third Army on June 05, 1944. "The Unknown Patton". Book by Charles M. Province, p. 32, www.pattonhq.com. 1983.

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• Nothing can shock a brave man but dullness.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Men, Bravery, Shock

  Henry David Thoreau (2012). “The Portable Thoreau”, p.121, Penguin

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• The fewer blows, the better. Brave men fight if they must; wise men never fight if they can help it.

  Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

  Wise, Fighting, Blow

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• We say justly that the weak person is flat, for, like all flat substances, he does not stand in the direction of his strength, that is, on his edge, but affords a convenient surface to put upon. He slides all the way through life.... But the brave man is a perfect sphere, which cannot fall on its flat side and is equally strong every way.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Strength, Strong, Fall

  Henry David Thoreau, Odell Shepard (1961). “The Heart of Thoreau's Journals”, p.8, Courier Corporation

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• A brave man is seldom unkind.

  Pretty Shield

  Courage, Men, Brave

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• There is no greater call to service than that of our brave men and women who serve our country in combat across the globe.

  Kirsten Gillibrand

  Country, Men, Brave

  "Being a Voice for Our Veterans" by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 8, 2010.

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• I think Michael Moore is an amazing man - an amazing, brave man. And I think people are probably going to start saying, 'Don't associate with Cindy Sheehan.' People who speak truth to power somehow are marginalized in this country.

  Cindy Sheehan

  Country, Men, Thinking

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• The coward wants resolution, which the brave man can do without. He recognizes no faith above a creed, thinking this straw by which he is moored does him good service, because his sheet anchor does not drag.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Faith, Men, Thinking

  Henry David Thoreau, Bradford Torrey, Franklin Benjamin Sanborn (1906). “Cape Cod and Miscellanies”

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• We want the full works of citizenship with no reservations. We will accept nothing less . . . This condition of freedom, equality, and democracy is not the gift of gods. It is the task of men, yes, men, brave men, honest men, determined men.

  A. Philip Randolph

  Men, Brave, Democracy

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• The sea's vast depths lie open to the fish;
  Wherever the breezes blow the bird may fly;
  So to the brave man every land's a home.

  Ovid

  Lying, Home, Blow

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• A sober man may become a drunkard through being a coward. A brave man may become a coward through being a drunkard.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Men, Brave, Coward

  "Charles Dickens: A Critical Study". Book by G. K. Chesterton, 1906.

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• The notion that everyone would like Christianity to be true, and therefore all atheists are brave men who have accepted the defeat of all their deepest desires, is simply impudent nonsense.

  C. S. Lewis

  Atheist, Men, Brave

  C. S. Lewis (2003). “A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis”, p.61, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• He held up a book then. “I'm going to read it to you for relax.” “Does it have any sports in it?” “Fencing. Fighting. Torture. Poison. True Love. Hate. Revenge. Giants. Hunters. Bad men. Good men. Beautifulest Ladies. Snakes. Spiders... Pain. Death. Brave men. Cowardly men. Strongest men. Chases. Escapes. Lies. Truths. Passion. Miracles.” “Sounds okay,” I said and I kind of closed my eyes.

  William Goldman

  Sports, Pain, Revenge

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• ….it was a brave man’s fear. I knew what he meant. What must a brave general feel when he knows the battle has gone against him and nothing remains but death?

  Anne Rice

  Fear, Men, Brave

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• I shall never again admire a merely brave man.

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

  Men, Brave, Admire

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• Lord Maccon, might we have words on the proper tying of a cravat? For my sanity’s sake? Lord Maccon was nonplussed. Professor Lyall, on the other hand, was pained. “I do what I can.” Lord Akeldama looked at him, pity in his eyes. “You are a brave man.

  Gail Carriger

  Eye, Men, Hands

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• Hope that justice will be done to those brave men who stood up for their convictions.

  Albert Einstein

  Men, Justice, Brave

  Albert Einstein (2017). “Einstein on Peace”, p.583, Pickle Partners Publishing

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• There are no brave men and cowardly men in the world, my son. There are only brave men. To be born, to live, to die—that takes courage enough in itself, and more than enough. We are all brave men and we are all afraid, and what the world calls a brave man, he too is brave and afraid like the all rest of us. Only he is brave for five minutes longer.

  Alistair Maclean

  Courage, Son, Men

  ALISTAIR MACLEAN (1956). “THE GUNS OF NAVARONE”

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• Be scared. You can't help that. But don't be afraid. Ain't nothing in the woods going to hurt you unless you corner it, or it smells that you are afraid. A bear or a deer, too, has got to be scared of a coward the same as a brave man has got to be.

  William Faulkner

  Courage, Hurt, Men

  William Faulkner (2011). “Uncollected Stories of William Faulkner”, p.364, Vintage

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• Manifestly, dying is nothing to a really great and brave man.

  Mark Twain

  Death, Men, Brave

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• My dad was an incredibly brave man, completely dedicated to his family, with a love for all. If I could be half the dad he was, to my children, then that will be an achievement in itself. He died 14 months exactly to the start of the 2012 Olympics. I hope he will be watching and waving his big union jack in London from somewhere else. I love you so much dad.

  Tom Daley

  Children, Dad, Love You

  "Tom Daley devasted after his father Rob loses his battle with cancer aged just 40" by Susie Boniface, www.mirror.co.uk. May 29, 2011.

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• For three years now, our brave men and women in uniform have done everything their country has asked of them, yet President Bush still does not have a plan to win the peace in Iraq and bring our troops home.

  Marty Meehan

  Country, Home, Winning

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