Bravery Quotes - Page 7

• An Indian respects a brave man, but he despises a coward.

  Chief Joseph

  Men, Coward, Despise

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• It's a very brave thing to fall in love. You have to be willing to trust somebody else with your whole being, and that's very difficult, really difficult and very brave.

  Nicole Kidman

  Falling In Love, Love You, Difficult

  FaceBook post by Nicole Kidman from Nov 11, 2016

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• It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their conviction. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy generation the courage of their convictions.

  John Ciardi

  Courage, Men, Wish

  John Ciardi (1972). “Manner of Speaking”

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• Someone praising a man for his foolhardy bravery, Cato, the elder, said, ''There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.

  Plutarch

  Men, Differences, Praise

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• We are all born brave, trusting and greedy, and most of us remain greedy.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Trust, Literature, Materialism

  "The Complete Neurotic's Notebook". Book by Mignon McLaughlin, 1981.

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• Is it not passing brave to be a King and ride in triumph through Persepolis?

  Christopher Marlowe

  Kings, Triumph, Passing

  'Tamburlaine the Great' (1590) pt. 1, act 2, sc. 5

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• When you jump across a canyon, cautious small steps and vacillation won't work. Sometimes you just have to go for it.

  Rick Warren

  Courage, Small Steps, Sometimes

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• The brave deserve the lovely - every woman may be won.

  Charles Godfrey Leland

  Lovely, May, Deserve

  Charles Godfrey Leland (2015). “Songs of the Sea and Lays of the Land”, p.142, Library of Alexandria

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• Only the brave know how to forgive; it is the most refined and generous pitch of virtue human nature can arrive at.

  Laurence Sterne

  Motivational, Forgiveness, Brave

  Laurence Sterne (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Laurence Sterne (Illustrated)”, Delphi Classics

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• A brave soul is a thing which all things serve.

  Alexander Smith

  Soul, All Things, Brave

  alexander smith (1853). “poems”, p.67

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• I like doing a challenging class because it makes me more brave in life. My perception of hardships is now completely different. I'm not whining and moaning inside as much.

  Ione Skye

  Class, Challenges, Perception

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• There is no love-broker in the world can more prevail in man's commendation with woman than report of valor.

  William Shakespeare

  Men, World, Valor

  William Shakespeare (1867). “The Works of William Shakespeare”, p.293

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• Dare to do something worthy of transportation and a prison, if you mean to be anybody.

  Juvenal

  Mean, Prison, Transportation

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• I believe that the most important single thing, beyond discipline and creativity is daring to dare.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspiring, Courage, Believe

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• Yet each man kills the thing he loves By each let this be heard Some do it with a bitter look Some with a flattering word The coward does it with a kiss The brave man with a sword

  Oscar Wilde

  Courage, Betrayal, Kissing

  The Ballad of Reading Gaol pt. 1, st. 7 (1898) See Roberts 1

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• The bitterest creature under heaven is the wife who discovers that her husband's bravery is only bravado, that his strength is only a uniform, that his power is but a gun in the hands of a fool.

  Pearl S. Buck

  Husband, Gun, Power

  "To My Daughters, With Love". Book by Pearl S. Buck, 1967.

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• No matter what you think about the Iraq war, there is one thing we can all agree on for the next days - we have to salute the courage and bravery of those who are risking their lives to vote and those brave Iraqi and American soldiers fighting to protect their right to vote.

  Hillary Clinton

  Courage, War, Fighting

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• Women's courage is rather different from men's. The fact that women have to bring up children and look after husbands makes them braver at facing long-term issues, such as illness. Men are more immediately courageous. Lots of people are brave in battle.

  Mary Wesley

  Courage, Children, Husband

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• Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Courage, Men

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1973). “Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks: 1847-1848”, p.43, Harvard University Press

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• In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.

  Sallust

  Running, Risk, Coward

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• Toil for the brave! The brave that are no more.

  William Cowper

  Brave, Toil

  'On the Loss of the Royal George' (written 1782)

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• O friends, be men; so act that none may feel Ashamed to meet the eyes of other men. Think each one of this children and his wife, His home, his parents, living yet and dead. For them, the absent ones, I supplicate, And bid you rally here, and scorn to fly.

  Homer

  Children, Home, Eye

  Homer (1871). “The Iliad of Homer”, p.90

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• Many have left their families to defend our freedom. We salute their bravery; we express our appreciation and support to their families. And we pray for their safe return.

  Bob Taft

  Appreciation, Safe Return, Support

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• History has taught us over and over again that freedom is not free. When push comes to shove, the ultimate protectors of freedom and liberty are the brave men and women in our armed forces. Throughout our history, they've answered the call in bravery and sacrifice.

  Tim Pawlenty

  Sacrifice, Men, Taught Us

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• I still when I wake up hit the ground running; and having an illness, I'm only one of hundreds of thousands of people that live with an illness, and I'm just in awe of the bravery and dignity of the people I see at the hospital.

  Karen Duffy

  Running, Fear, People

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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