Bravery Quotes - Page 21

• The combat deepens. On, ye brave, Who rush to glory or the grave! Wave, Munich! all thy banners wave, And charge with all thy chivalry!

  Thomas Campbell

  Munich, Chivalry, Wave

  Thomas Campbell (1822). “Poetical Works”, p.161

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• To go against the grain is the secret of bravery.

  Dejan Stojanovic

  Secret, Grain

  "Simplicity". Poem by Dejan Stojanovic, www.poemhunter.com.

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• The opposite of bravery is not cowardice but conformity.

  Robert Anthony

  Courage, Opposites, Political

  Robert Anthony (1986). “The Ultimate Secrets of Total Self-Confidence”, p.26, Penguin

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• Fortune helps the brave.

  Terence

  Courage, Helping, Fortune

  Terence (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Terence (Illustrated)”, p.266, Delphi Classics

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• Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.

  Menander

  Courage, Choices, Bravado

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• I mean you can go wherever you want with it really. No matter what story you're telling you're always representing some reality. You are always representing human beings, their fears, their shortcomings, their braveries, their doubts, their loves, their abilities, their brilliance and those things inevitably lead to bigger political systems, foreign policy and crime and religion. It's an action film. We are not taking a stance about big government.

  Colin Farrell

  Mean, Reality, Government

  "Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, & Jessica Biel Discuss ‘Total Recall’". Interview with Tiffany Rose, screenrant.com. August 7, 2012.

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• You can tell when women have a sensibility about, or a sense of bravery or a sense of understanding about their personal style that's outside of what you see from a magazine.

  Jacob Hashimoto

  Understanding, Style, Magazines

  Source: www.designboom.com

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• Far better than emasculation would be the bravery of those who use physical force. Far better than cowardice would be meeting one's death fighting.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Fighting, Coward, Emasculation

  Mahatma Gandhi, U. R. Rao (1963). “The Way to Communal Harmony”, Ahmedabad, [India] : Navajivan Publishing House

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• A straight fight in an equal battle takes some bravery, but braver is he who, knowing that he would have to sacrifice ninety-five as against five of the enemy, faces death.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Fighting, Sacrifice, Knowing

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• There can be no friendship between cowards, or cowards and brave men.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Men, Coward, Brave Man

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• Active nonviolence of the brave puts to flight thieves, dacoits, murderers, and prepares an army of volunteers ready to sacrifice themselves in quelling riots, in extinguishing fires and feuds, and so on.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Army, Sacrifice, Fire

  Mahatma Gandhi (1976). “Collected Works”

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• For thousands to do to death a few hundreds is no bravery. It is worse than cowardice. It is unworthy of nationalism, of any religion.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Cowardice, Unworthy, Nationalism

  Mahatma Gandhi (1958). “Collected Works”

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• True paurusha, true bravery, consists in driving out the brute in us.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Brave, Driving, Brutes

  Mahatma Gandhi (1965). “Collected Works: (1918:Aug.-1919:Jul.)”

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• Mere brave speech without action is letting off useless steam.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Useless, Speech, Action

  Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1986). “The Moral and Political Writings of Mahatma Gandhi: Non-Violent Resistance and Social Transformation”, Clarendon Press

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• Bravery on the battlefield is impossible for us. Bravery of the soul still remains open to us.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Soul, Impossible, Stills

  Mohandas Karmchand Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi, V. Geetha (2004). “Soul Force: Gandhi's Writings on Peace”, p.161, Tara Publishing

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• Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave.

  Lord Byron

  Grieving, Brave, Ifs

  Lord Byron, Lord George Gordon Byron (2013). “Childe Harold's Pilgrimage”, p.90, Cambridge University Press

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• There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her beauty and her chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men. A thousand hearts beat happily; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell. But hush! hark! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell!

  Lord Byron

  Eye, Heart, Men

  Lord Byron (2013). “Byron: Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.347, Routledge

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• Happiness requires courage, stamina, persistence, fortitude, perseverance, bravery, boldness, valor, vigor, concentration, solidity, substance, backbone, grit, guts, moxie, nerve, pluck, resilience, spunk, tenacity, tolerance, will power, chutzpah, and a good thesaurus.

  Peter McWilliams

  Perseverance, Persistence, Tolerance

  Peter McWilliams (1997). “Life 101: Everything We Wish We Had Learned about Life in School--but Didn't”, Mary Book / Prelude Press

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• I am bravery. I am courage. I am valor. I am daring. I am holding a thesaurus.

  Demetri Martin

  Thesaurus, Daring, Valor

  Demetri Martin (2011). “This Is a Book”, p.47, Hachette UK

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• I'll tell you what bravery really is. Bravery is just determination to do a job that you know has to be done.

  Audie Murphy

  Determination, Jobs, Done

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• Too often in the past, our Armed Forces have returned to Canada from their trials with little fanfare. Not so today. Canadians across the country came out in force, united in appreciation, to honour the bravery, heroism, strength and sacrifice of those who fought for freedom and security in Afghanistan.

  Stephen Harper

  Country, Appreciation, Sacrifice

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• You can't have bravery without fear...

  Rhianna Pratchett

  "'Tomb Raider' reboot introduces timid young Lara Croft". Interview with Larry Frum, www.cnn.com. March 6, 2013.

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• Bravery is the solution to regret.

  Robin Sharma

  Regret, Solutions

  Twitter post from Jan 25, 2017

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• The form of government, when it has been prudently established, produces citizens distinguished for bravery, justice, and every other good quality; whereas, on the other hand, bad institutions render men cowardly, rapacious, and slaves of every foul desire.

  Dionysius of Halicarnassus

  Men, Hands, Justice

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• You have to be afraid for it to count as bravery.

  Guy Gavriel Kay

  Guy Gavriel Kay (2010). “Under Heaven”, p.157, Penguin

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