Bravery Quotes - Page 29

• Three things prompt men to a regular discharge of their duty in time of action: natural bravery, hope of reward, and fear of punishment.

  George Washington

  Men, Rewards, Three Things

  George Washington (1855). “Maxims of Washington: Political, Social, Moral, and Religious”, p.154

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• ...nothing is so entirely admirable as a man bravely wretched.

  Seneca the Younger

  Men, Admirable, Wretched

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• A good argument diluted to avoid criticism is not nearly as good as the undiluted argument, because we best arrive at truth through a process of honest and vigorous debate. Arguments should not sneak around in disguise, as if dissent were somehow sinister... For it is bravery that is required to secure freedom.

  Clarence Thomas

  Courage, Truth, Justice

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• I hate orthodox criticism. I don't mean great criticism, like that of Matthew Arnold and others, but the usual small niggling, fussy-mussy criticism, which thinks it can improve people by telling them where they are wrong, and results only in putting them in straitjackets of hesitancy and self-consciousness, and weazening all vision and bravery.

  Brenda Ueland

  Hate, Mean, Thinking

  Brenda Ueland (2013). “If You Want to Write”, p.7, Simon and Schuster

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• The world's male chivalry has perished out, but women are knights-errant to the last; and, if Cervantes had been greater still, he had made his Don a Donna.

  Elizabeth Barrett Browning

  Courage, Knights, Males

  Elizabeth Barrett Browning (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Illustrated)”, p.1099, Delphi Classics

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• Courage is finding the inner strength and bravery required when confronting danger, difficulty, or opposition. Courage is the energy current behind all great actions and the spark that ignites the initial baby steps of growth. It resides deep within each of us, ready to be accessed in those moments when you need to forge ahead or break through seemingly insurmountable barriers. It is the intangible force that propels you forward on your journey.

  Cherie Carter-Scott

  Baby, Courage, Journey

  Cherie Carter-Scott (1999). “If Life Is a Game, These Are the Rules: Ten Rules for Being Human as Introduced in Chicken Soup for the Soul”, p.104, Harmony

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• There is no lack of bravery in the ranks of our armed forces, but bureaucratic cowardice rules in our intelligence establishment (as well as at the higher levels of military command).

  Ralph Peters

  Military, Levels, Cowardice

  Ralph Peters (2002). “Beyond Terror”, p.134, Stackpole Books

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• I find my greatest strength in wanting to be strong. I find my greatest bravery in deciding to be brave. I don't know if I've ever realized it before,[...] I think we both realize it now. If there's no feeling of fear, then there's no need for courage.

  David Levithan

  Strong, Thinking, Feelings

  David Levithan (2009). “Boy Meets Boy”, p.156, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• I have seen incredible bravery from very young guys, the young generation that people write off.

  Ross Kemp

  Writing, Young Generation, People

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• The highest flights of charity, devotion, trust, patience, bravery to which the wings of human nature have spread themselves, have been flown for religious ideals.

  William James

  Religious, Wings, Religion

  William James (2015). “The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature”, p.93, Xist Publishing

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• I might hatch an idea in my comfort zone, but to bring it to reality requires bravery.

  Michael Hyatt

  Reality, Ideas, Comfort

  Twitter post from Jan 12, 2017

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• True bravery is being exactly who you are, imperfections included. Vulnerability is the most precious gift you can give.

  Sara Bareilles

  Giving, Imperfection, Precious Gifts

  "Sara Bareilles Shares Her Dos and Don'ts of Being Fearless". www.glamour.com. July 16, 2013.

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• Maybe he hadn't thought the war through. It had seemed like simple fun when he had first pictured it, with a glorious beginning, a difficult but valor-filled middle, and a victorious end. He hadn't accounted for the fact that there might not be much of a resolution to the battle, and he hadn't imagined what it would feel like when the war just sort of ended, without anyone admitting defeat and congratulating him for his bravery.

  Dave Eggers

  Fun, War, Simple

  Dave Eggers (2009). “The Wild Things”, p.208, Vintage

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• I decided once and for all that I was going to make it or die.

  John H. Johnson

  Courage, Dies, Decided

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• The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. From the desperate city you go into the desperate country, and have to console yourself with the bravery of minks and muskrats. A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind. There is no play in them, for this comes after work. But it is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Wisdom, Country, Men

  'Walden' (1854) 'Economy'

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• I came in contact with every known Indian anarchist in London. Their bravery impressed me, but I felt that their zeal was misguided. I felt that violence was no remedy for India's ills, and that her civilisation required the use of a different and higher weapon for self-protection. - Hind Swaraj

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Self, India, Different

  Mahatma Gandhi (2010). “Hind Swaraj”, p.11, Rajpal & Sons

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• Being brave is when you have to do something because you know it is right, but at the same time, you are afraid to do it, because it might hurt or whatever. But you do it anyway.

  Meg Cabot

  Strength, Hurt, Might

  Meg Cabot (2008). “All American Girl”, p.67, Pan Macmillan

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• Listen, my dear Cors, why don't you forgive God for allowing pain? If He didn't allow it, human courage, bravery, nobility, and self-sacrifice would all be meaningless things.

  Walter M. Miller, Jr.

  Pain, Sacrifice, Self

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• She was afraid, and the afraid, she realized, sought opportunities for bravery in love.

  Lorrie Moore

  Opportunity

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• Find what you are afraid of, face it, and then you won't be afraid of it anymore.

  Marilyn Manson

  Life, Fear, Faces

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• People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.

  Hermann Hesse

  Inspirational, Courage, Character

  "Demian: The Story of Emil Sinclair's Youth". Book by Hermann Hesse , p. 123, 1919.

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• If one cannot live the life of the brave, then it is better to die like the brave.

  Muhammad Iqbal

  Live Life, Dies, Ifs

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• I suppose as long as novels last, and authors aim at interesting their public, there must always be in the story a virtuous and gallant hero; a wicked monster, his opposite; and a pretty girl, who finds a champion. Bravery and virtue conquer beauty; and vice, after seeming to triumph through a certain number of pages, is sure to be discomfited in the last volume, when justice overtakes him, and honest folks come by their own.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Girl, Hero, Opposites

  William Makepeace Thackeray (1869). “The four Georges. The English humorists. Roundabout papers”, p.158

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• The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave. It's the age-old struggle: the roar of the crowd on the one side, and the voice of your conscience on the other.

  Douglas MacArthur

  Life, Courage, Struggle

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• I wonder is it because men are cowards in heart that they admire bravery so much, and place military valor so far beyond every other quality for reward and worship.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Courage, Military, Heart

  William Makepeace Thackeray (1865). “Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero”, p.96

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