Brave Quotes - Page 29

• Cold, hungry, scared as hell inside, but too damn brave to admit it.

  Ronald Reagan

  Scared, Catchy, Cold

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• Shall I ask the brave soldier who fights by my side In the cause of mankind, if our creeds agree?

  Charles Lamb

  Fighting, Bravery, Soldier

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• Let vice and immorality of every kind be discouraged as much as possible in your brigade; and, as a chaplain is allowed to each regiment, see that the men regularly attend during worship. Gaming of every kind is expressly forbidden, as being the foundation of evil, and the cause of many a brave and gallant officer's and soldier's ruin.

  George Washington

  Men, Evil, Soldier

  George Washington, Jared Sparks (1834). “The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence, Addresses, Messages, and Other Papers, Official and Private, Selected and Published from the Original Manuscripts”, p.436

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• A brave man hazards life, but not his conscience.

  Friedrich Schiller

  Courage, Men, Hazards

  Friedrich Schiller (1861). “Schiller's Complete Works”, p.577

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• Nearly everybody is looking for something brave to do. I don't know why people shouldn't write poetry. That's brave.

  Robert Frost

  Inspirational, Writing, People

  Robert Frost, David Bradley, Dewitt Jones (1979). “Robert Frost, a tribute to the source”, Henry Holt & Co

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• We do this in order to slow down aggression. We do this to increase the confidence of the brave people of South Vietnam who have bravely born this brutal battle for so many years with so many casualties. And we do this to convince the leaders of North Vietnam-and all who seek to share their conquest-of a simple fact: We will not be defeated. We will not grow tired. We will not withdraw either openly or under the cloak of a meaningless agreement.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  War, Tired, Simple

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• For the wise man delights in establishing his merit, the brave man likes to show his courage in action, the covetous man is quick at seizing advantages, and the stupid man has no fear of death.

  Sun Tzu

  Wise, Stupid, Men

  Sun Tzu (2016). “The Art of War”, p.16, Xist Publishing

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• What I may call the messages of Brave New World, but it is possible to make people contented with their servitude. I think this can be done. I think it has been done in the past. I think it could be done even more effectively now because you can provide them with bread and circuses and you can provide them with endless amounts of distractions and propaganda.

  Aldous Huxley

  Past, Brave New World, Thinking

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• It's time we become comfortable with the uncomfortable conversations about race...Instead of being color blind, we need to be color brave.

  Mellody Hobson

  Race, Color, Racism

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• What is a gentleman? It is to be honest, to be gentle, to be generous, to be brave, to be wise; and possessed of all these qualities to exercise them in the most graceful manner.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Wise, Exercise, Gentleman

  William Makepeace Thackeray (2005). “The Snobs of England: And, Punch's Prize Novelists”, p.8, University of Michigan Press

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• Just about every great, brave or beautiful thing in our culture was created by someone who didn't do it for money.

  Seth Godin

  Beautiful, Culture, Beautiful Things

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• Never use 'submit' as a verb for sending work to magazine or book publishers; say 'offer,' and never, ever submit. Keep your knees unbent. Be brave.

  Frederick Busch

  Book, Verbs, Use

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• Before [Hindus and Moslems] dare think of freedom, they must be brave enough to love one another, to tolerate one another's religion, even prejudices and superstitions, and to trust one another. This requires faith in oneself.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Peace, Thinking, Religion

  Mahatma Gandhi (1962). “The Essential Gandhi: His Life, Work, and Ideas : an Anthology”, Vintage

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• A man is a hero, not because he is braver than anyone else, but because he is brave for 10 minutes longer.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Hero, Men, Minutes

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• Some disappointment is always the price of brave dreaming.

  Robin Sharma

  Dream, Disappointment

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• It's possible that your next frontier isn't to get more efficient, it's to get more brave.

  Seth Godin

  Next, Frontiers, Efficient

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• Heart be brave. If you cannot be brave, just go. Love's glory is not a small thing.

  Rumi

  Courage, Heart, Glory

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• The world is a better place to live in because it contains human beings who will give up ease and security in order to do what they themselves think worth doing. They do the useless, brave, noble, divinely foolish, and the very wisest things that are done by Man. And what they prove to themselves and to others is that Man is no mere creature of his habits, no automaton in his routine, but that in the dust of which he is made there is also fire, lighted now and then by great winds from the sky.

  Walter Lippmann

  Giving Up, Men, Thinking

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• The Lord challenges us to suffer persecutions and to confess Him. He wants thiose who belong to him to be brave and fearless. He himself shows how weakness of the flesh is overcome by courage of the Spirit....A christian is fearless.

  Tertullian

  Christian, Fearless, Challenges

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• Be moral. Be brave. Be a heart-whole man, strictly moral, brave unto desperation. Don't bother your head with religious theories. Cowards only sin, brave men never, no, not even in mind.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Motivational, Religious, Heart

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.1902, Manonmani Publishers

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• How brave a ladybug must be!
  Each drop of rain is big as she.
  Can you imagine what you'd do,
  If raindrops fell as big as you?

  Aileen Fisher

  Rain, Ladybugs, Imagine

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• Is any novelist going to recognize the moment when he or she has nothing more to say? It is a brave thing to admit. And since as a professional writer you are full of anxiety anyway, you could easily misread the signs.

  Julian Barnes

  Anxiety, Novelists, Moments

  Julian Barnes, Vanessa Guignery, Ryan Roberts (2009). “Conversations with Julian Barnes”, p.71, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• You know how sports teach kids teamwork and how to be strong and brave and confident? Improv was my sport. I learned how to not waffle and how to hold a conversation, how to take risks and actually be excited to fail.

  Emma Stone

  Sports, Teamwork, Strong

  "Emma Stone profile: Quotes, photos, videos and selected filmography of BAFTA and Oscar nominee" by Mikey Smith, www.mirror.co.uk. February 04, 2015.

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• You can't run a business without taking risks. The brave may not live forever - but the cautious do not live at all!

  Richard Branson

  Running, Forever, Risk

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• Be brave and celebrate with us your 'perceived flaws,' as society tells us. May we make our flaws famous, and thus redefine the heinous.

  Lady Gaga

  May, Flaws, Celebrate

  "Lady Gaga Weight: Singer Says She Was Bulimic As Teenager". www.huffingtonpost.com. September 25, 2012.

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