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• Danger gleams like sunshine to a brave man's eyes.

  Euripides

  Eye, Sunshine, Men

  Euripides (2013). “Iphigenia in Tauris,, alone by the shore”, p.18, Lulu.com

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• You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.

  Mary Tyler Moore

  Positive, Happiness, Meaningful

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• Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Memorial Day, Men, Remembrance

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• The bravest thing you can do when you are not brave is to profess courage and act accordingly.

  Corra May Harris

  Wisdom, Courage, Memorial Day

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• If ever there is tomorrow when we're not together... there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we're apart... I'll always be with you.

  A. A. Milne

  Friendship, Relationship, Romantic

  "Fictional character: Christopher Robin". "Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin", www.imdb.com. 1997.

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• Electric communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone who with their soul encourages another person to be brave and true.

  Charles Dickens

  Communication, Thought Provoking, Bravery

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• The innovative spirit was America's strongest attribute, transforming everything into a brave new world, but there lingered an insecurity about the arts.

  Arthur Erickson

  Art, Brave New World, America

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• Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts.

  Aristotle

  Courage, Peace, Bravery

  "Nichomachean Ethics". Book by Aristotle, Book II, c. 325 BC.

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• You know, my friends, with what a brave carouse I made a Second Marriage in my house; favored old barren reason from my bed, and took the daughter of the vine to spouse.

  Omar Khayyam

  Daughter, Mother, House

  Omar Khayyam, “The Rubaiyat Of Omar Khayyam”

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• It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Courage, Integrity

  Mark Twain (2013). “Autobiography of Mark Twain”, p.372, Univ of California Press

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• Perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave.

  Rainer Maria Rilke

  Beautiful, Princess, Adversity

  Rainer Maria Rilke (2012). “Letters to a Young Poet”, p.39, Courier Corporation

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• The miracle or the power that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application and perseverance under the promptings of a brave, determined spirit.

  Mark Twain

  Life, Perseverance, Determination

  Mark Twain (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Mark Twain (Illustrated)”, p.8022, Delphi Classics

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• Except a person be part coward, it is not a compliment to say he is brave.

  Mark Twain

  Courage, Brave Person, Bravery

  Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist”, p.37, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• None but the brave deserve the fair.

  John Dryden

  Bravery, Fairs, Deserve

  Alexander's Feast l. 7 (1697)

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• The approach of liberty makes even an old man brave.

  Seneca the Younger

  Philosophy, Philosophical, Men

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I don't know why I'm saying I'm brave.

  Diane Sawyer

  Bravery, Literature, Knows

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• This is all about a media war that continues to rage between the old and new media. Unfortunately for our soldiers, these brave Americans are caught in the crossfire

  Joe Scarborough

  War, Media, Soldier

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• I'm honored to shake the hand of a brave Iraqi citizen who had his hand cut off by Saddam Hussein.

  George W. Bush

  Cutting, Hands, Hussein

  "Bush Welcomes Iraqi Amputees", www.foxnews.com. May 25, 2004.

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• Happy, happy, happy pair! None but the brave deserves the fair.

  John Dryden

  Bravery, Pairs, Fairs

  Alexander's Feast l. 7 (1697)

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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, Bravery, Challenges

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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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• Where do you find the strength to brave a barrage of enemy fire and to bring your wounded friends to safety at great risk to your own life? Conviction.

  Guy Verhofstadt

  Friends, Fire, Safety

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• To struggle when hope is banished! To live when life's salt is gone! To dwell in a dream that's vanished! To endure, and go calmly on! The brave man is not he who feels no fear, For that were stupid and irrational; But he, whose noble soul its fear subdues, And bravely dares the danger nature shrinks from.

  Joanna Baillie

  Dream, Stupid, Struggle

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

  William Cowper

  Bravery, Toil

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

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• The brave find a home in every land.

  Ovid

  Home, Land, Bravery

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