Bravery Quotes - Page 30

• Sometimes, the Internet can feel like a middle-school playground populated by brats in ski masks who name-call and taunt with the fake bravery of the anonymous. But sometimes - thank goodness - it's nicer than real life.

  Susan Orlean

  Real, School, Names

  "@leapofFaith" by Susan Orlean, www.newyorker.com. February 22, 2011.

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• In those days spirits were brave, the stakes were high, men were real men, women were real women and small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were real small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri.

  Douglas Adams

  Real, Men, Brave

  Douglas Adams (2009). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy”, p.76, Pan Macmillan

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• To fight aloud is very brave, but gallanter, I know, who charge within the bosom, the Cavalry of Woe.

  Emily Dickinson

  Fighting, Sorrow, Woe

  c.1859 Complete Poems, no.126 (first published 1890).

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  In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.

  Mark Twain

  Change, Thank You, Memorial Day

  Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.351, Courier Corporation

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• You can plan to be brave - it's even better if you just try to be brave.

  Clive Barker

  Trying, Literature, Be Brave

  FaceBook post by Clive Barker from Apr 17, 2013

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• I courted fame but as a spur to brave and honest deeds; who despises fame will soon renounce the virtues that deserve it.

  David Mallet

  Honesty, Spurs, Deeds

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• Watching the spontaneous acts of kindness, compassion, and generosity, courage, and bravery in the aftermath of the Boston marathon bombings was so deeply moving. It is in our nature to want to help, to serve, to be part of something larger than ourselves. We have a desire to connect with others. We want to make a difference in the world. I would call this a spiritual longing to be whole, interrelated, interconnected.

  Terry Tempest Williams

  Spiritual, Kindness, Moving

  Source: therumpus.net

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• What's wrong with leading the way? We've played that role before, after all. We gave the world the secret ballot... that did so much to raise living standards and improve conditions for workers worldwide. We were a leader in extending to women the right to vote. We were barely a nation when we set the bar for bravery and sacrifice by common soldiers in foreign wars. We grew up out of racism and misogyny and homophobia to become a mostly tolerant, successful multicultural society. We did these great things because we know we are in it together. It is our core value as Australians.

  Geraldine Brooks

  Leadership, War, Successful

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• All bravery stands upon comparisons.

  Francis Bacon

  Courage, Comparison

  Francis Bacon, Thomas MARKBY (1853). “The Essays Or Counsels, Civil and Moral, with a Table of the Colours of Good and Evil ... Revised from the Early Copies, with the References Now First Supplied, and a Few Notes, by Thomas Markby”, p.115

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• you can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.

  Stephen King

  Positive, Fear, Cheer Up

  Stephen King (2002). “On Writing”, p.275, Simon and Schuster

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• The ability and inclination to use physical strength is no indication of bravery or tenacity to life. The greatest cowards are often the greatest bullies. Nothing is cheaper and more common than physical bravery.

  Clarence Darrow

  Courage, Hippie, Bully

  Clarence Darrow, S. T. Joshi (2005). “Closing Arguments: Clarence Darrow on Religion, Law, and Society”, p.89, Ohio University Press

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• When we come to that compassionate awareness that is not afraid of the fear, that can embrace the fear, we are able to heal the wounds of the child and the adult and begin to live the lives we've always wanted to live.

  Cheri Huber

  Children, Inspiration, Adults

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• You need bravery because in the picture of soul, the bravery points are the most beautiful.

  Amit Ray

  Beautiful, Soul, Needs

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• I've found out why people laugh. They laugh because it hurts- because it's the only thing that'll make it stop hurting... I had been told that a 'funny' thing is a thing of goodness. It isn't... The goodness is in the laughing. I grok it is a bravery- and a sharing- against pain and sorrow and defeat.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Hurt, Pain, Funny Things

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• I do not doubt that our country will finally come through safe and undivided. But do not misunderstand me... I do not rely on the patriotism of our people... the bravery and devotion of the boys in blue... (or) the loyalty and skill of our generals... But the God of our fathers, Who raised up this country to be the refuge and asylum of the oppressed and downtrodden of all nations, will not let it perish now. I may not live to see it... I do not expect to see it, but God will bring us through safe.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Loyalty, Country, Father

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• I think bravery is when you're willing to really put yourself on the line and maybe lose out, financially - and be able to say exactly what motivates you and what inspires you and what you find completely unacceptable in humanity and in culture.

  Sandra Bernhard

  Thinking, Inspire, Humanity

  Interview with Roseanne Barr, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 2, 2012.

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• Revolution is a phase, a mood, like spring, and just as spring has its buds and showers, so revolution has its ebullience, its bravery, its hope, and its solidarity. Some of these things pass.

  Rebecca Solnit

  Spring, Bud, Phases

  Rebecca Solnit (2014). “The Encyclopedia of Trouble and Spaciousness”, p.22, Trinity University Press

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• Bravery is a requisite virtue because life demands it.

  Joseph M. Marshall III

  Demand, Virtue

  Joseph M. Marshall III (2002). “The Lakota Way: Stories and Lessons for Living”, p.127, Penguin

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• Successful or not, acts of physical courage always bring honor. It is the smaller forms of valor - standing up for principle at the risk of social disapproval, economic loss or injury to career - that require the greatest moral will power. Since there is usually little upside to winning and a significant and often lasting downside to losing, moral courage often requires as much character as physical bravery.

  Michael Josephson

  Character, Successful, Loss

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• Men are not given awards and promotions for bravery in intimacy.

  Gail Sheehy

  Men, Awards, Intimacy

  Gail Sheehy (1977). “Passages: Predictable Crises of Adult Life”, Bantam

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• While prudence will endeavor to avoid this issue of war, bravery will prepare to meet it.

  Thomas Jefferson

  War, Issues, Endeavor

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• Four in a row! We are overwhelmed with gratitude. This remarkable achievement is a testament to the bravery of our clients and the creativity of our teams around the world.

  Tham Khai Meng

  Gratitude, Team, Creativity

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• It doesn t require any particular bravery to stand on the floor of the Senate and urge our boys in Vietnam to fight harder and if this war mushrooms into a major conflict and a hundred thousand young Americans are killed it won t be U.S. Senators who die. It will be American soldiers who are too young to qualify for the Senate.

  George McGovern

  Military, War, Fighting

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• We are not afraid of nuclear weapons. The point is that if we had in fact wanted to build a nuclear bomb, we are brave enough to say that we want it. But we never do that.

  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

  Nuclear, Bombs, Want

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• Being anti-war in Hollywood was an act of bravery on the order of the keynote speaker at a PLO dinner making jokes about Ariel Sharon.

  Ann Coulter

  War, Order, Hollywood

  Ann Coulter (2003). “Treason: Liberal Treachery from the Cold War to the War on Terrorism”, p.317, Crown Forum

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