Brave Quotes - Page 29

• And fate? No one alive has ever escaped it, neither brave man nor coward, I tell you-- it's born with us the day that we are born.

  Stefan Zweig

  Fate, Men, Coward

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• The discreet man finds out the talents of those he converses with, and knows how to apply them to proper uses. Accordingly, if we look into particular communities and divisions of men, we may observe that it is the discreet man, not the witty, nor the learned, nor the brave, who guides the conversation, and gives measures to the society.

  Joseph Addison

  Witty, Men, Giving

  Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele (1853). “The Spectator”, p.130

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• Poverty is never dishonourable in itself, but only when it is a mark of sloth, intemperance, extravagance, or thoughtlessness. When, on the other hand, it is the handmaid of a sober, industrious, righteous, and brave man, who devotes all his powers to the service of the people, it is the sign of a lofty spirit that harbours no mean thoughts

  Plutarch

  Mean, Men, Hands

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• I wish I was dead,And lay deep in the grave.I've a pain in my head,I wish I was dead.In a coffin of lead-With the Wise and the Brave-I wish I was dead,And lay deep in the grave.

  Maurice Baring

  Wise, Pain, Wish

  Maurice Baring (1909). “Orpheus in Mayfair: And Other Stories and Sketches”

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• Slowly I would get to pen and paper, Make my poems for others unseen and unborn. In the day I would be reminded of those men and women, Brave, setting up signals across vast distances, considering a nameless way of living, of almost unimagined values.

  Muriel Rukeyser

  Distance, Men, Unseen

  Muriel Rukeyser, Janet E. Kaufman, Anne F. Herzog, Jan Heller Levi (2005). “The collected poems of Muriel Rukeyser”, Univ of Pittsburgh Pr

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• You shout because it makes you brave or you want to announce your recklessness.

  Don DeLillo

  Courage, Want, Recklessness

  Don DeLillo (2015). “Underworld: Picador Classic”, p.14, Pan Macmillan

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• What a country, and what a culture, when the liberals cry before they are hurt, and the reactionaries pose as brave nonconformists, while the radicals make a fetish of their own jokey irrelevance.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Country, Hurt, Irrelevance

  Christopher Hitchens (2014). “For the Sake of Argument: Essays and Minority Reports”, p.253, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• Liberty is equally desirable to the good and to the bad, to the brave and to the dastardly.

  John Major

  Liberty, Desirable

  John Major (1821). “An Introduction to Latin Syntax ...: To which is Subjoined An Epitome of Ancient History ... to which is Added a Proper Collection of Historical and Chronological Questions”, p.50

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• Strange is the vigour in a brave man's soul. The strength of his spirit and his irresistible power, the greatness of his heart and the height of his condition, his mighty confidence and contempt of danger, his true security and repose in himself, his liberty to dare and do what he pleaseth, his alacrity in the midst of fears, his invincible temper, are advantages which make him master of fortune.

  Thomas Traherne

  Heart, Greatness, Men

  "The Poetical Works of Thomas Traherne, B.D". Book edited by Bertram Dobell, London: Bertram Dobell, p. LVII, "Christian Ethicks" (1675), 1903.

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• Calmly take what ill betideth;
  Patience wins the crown at length:
  Rich repayment him abideth
  Who endures in quiet strength.
  Brave the tamer of the lion;
  Brave whom conquered kingdoms praise;
  Bravest he who rules his passions,
  Who his own impatience sways.

  Johann Gottfried Herder

  Passion, Winning, Crowns

  "'Die wiedergefundenen Söhne' ('The Recovered Sons', 1801)". The Monthly Religious Magazine, Volume 10, p. 445, 1853.

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• But when a snowflake, brave and meek,Lights on a rosy maiden's cheek,It starts-"How warm and soft the day!""'T is summer!" and it melts away.

  Mary Mapes Dodge

  Summer, Light, Snowflake

  Mary Mapes Dodge (1894). “When Life is Young: A Collection of Verse for Boys and Girls”

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• My name is Clark, and I have come out to see what you brave fellows are doing in Kentucky and to lend you a helping hand, if necessary.

  George Rogers Clark

  Names, Kentucky, Hands

  "Life and Times of Col. Daniel Boone". Book by Nancy Ellis, 2011.

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• And if our future Lies on the final line Are we brave enough To see the signals and the signs?

  Harry Chapin

  Lying, Finals, Lines

  Song: I Wonder What Would Happen To This World, Album: Living Room Suite, 1978

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• Your men are brave men, And you have won. I can live with that, Earl of Bronze a poor man would I be if I could not.

  David Gemmell

  Men, Poor, Bronze

  "Legend". Book by David Gemmell, pt 1: Against the Horde, ch. 31, 1988.

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• WikiLeaks is really a litmus test for those people who walk the talk in the media. How much will they really follow their protestations to be brave publishers, and how much do they really want to lick the boots of power? Well, you can tell by their engagement with us and what they do.

  Julian Assange

  Media, People, Wikileaks

  "A Conversation With Julian Assange". Interview with John Cook, gawker.com. November 29, 2012.

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• While I have not ruled out the possibility of doing music, what I don't want to do is go onstage and perform old songs. I do, all the time, but I don't think it is artistically brave.

  Henry Rollins

  Song, Thinking, Want

  "Henry Rollins -- Recountdown Tour 2008 Update". Live Chat, www.washingtonpost.com. October 28, 2008.

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• When our founding fathers put their signatures on the Declaration of Independence, those 56 brave people, most of whom by the way were clergymen, they said that we had certain inalienable rights given to us by our creator, and among these life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, life being one of them. I still believe that.

  Mike Huckabee

  Father, Believe, Pursuit Of Happiness

  The Republican Presidential debate on Fox News Channel in Orlando, Fla., www.nytimes.com. October 21, 2007.

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• As I am never better than when I am mad; then methinks I am a brave fellow; then I do wonders: but reason abuseth me, and there's the torment, there's the hell.

  Thomas Kyd

  Mad, Wonder, Hell

  'The Spanish Tragedy' (1592) act 3, sc. 7, The Fourth Addition (1602 ed.) l. 164

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• My Sin City heroes are knights in dirty, blood-caked armor. They bring justice to a world that gives them no medals, no praise, no reward. That world, that city, often kills them for their brave service.

  Frank Miller

  Dirty, Hero, Knights

  "Frank Miller: I Stole From The Best!". COMICDOM interview, January 22, 2006.

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• We stole their babes and mothers, chiefs and braves Although we held the whip, you knew we were The real slaves To alchemy, human alchemy.

  Andy Partridge

  Mother, Real, Slave

  Song: Human Alchemy

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• Herodotus is not more indisputably the father of history than is Sir Boyle Roche the father of Bulls. No doubt there were makers of bulls before his day, even as brave men lived before Agamemnon; but they are not remembered, and if their bulls have survived them they are credited to Sir Boyle by a posterity generously forgiving and forgetful of his famous indictment.

  Boyle Roche

  Father, Men, Doubt

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• The people with the strong, brave exteriors are just as weak and vulnerable as the rest of us. And of course they never admit to their childish practices, their moments of weakness or absurdity, and then the rest of us think that's how it should be.

  Alexander McCall Smith

  Strong, Thinking, Practice

  Alexander McCall Smith (2007). “Love Over Scotland”, p.53, Anchor

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• Brave men are a city's strongest tower of defence.

  Alcaeus

  Men, Cities, Towers

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• Now, be brave and don't look back. Don't look back.

  Shmi Skywalker

  Looks, Be Brave, Menace

  "Fictional character: Shmi Skywalker". "Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace", www.imdb.com. 1999.

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• Spirituality is a brave search for the truth about existence, fearlessly peering into the mysterious nature of life.

  Elizabeth Lesser

  Spirituality, Mysterious, Existence

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