Brave Quotes - Page 34

• Her seductive power, however, did not lie in her looks [...]. In reality, Cleopatra was physically unexceptional and had no political power, yet both Caesar and Antony, brave and clever men, saw none of this. What they saw was a woman who constantly transformed herself before their eyes, a one-woman spectacle.Her dress and makeup changed from day to day, but always gave her a heightened, goddesslike appearance. Her words could be banal enough, but were spoken so sweetly that listeners would find themselves remembering not what she said but how she said it.

  Robert Greene

  Clever, Lying, Eye

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• We don't think much about how our love stories will affect the world, but they do. Children learn what's worth living for and what's worth dying for by the stories they watch us live. I want to teach our children how to get scary close, and more, how to be brave. I want to teach them that love is worth what it costs.

  Donald Miller

  Children, Love Is, Thinking

  Donald Miller (2015). “Scary Close: Dropping the Act and Finding True Intimacy”, p.226, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• You're a grand old flag! You're a high-flying flag, And forever in peace may you wave. You're the emblem of the land I love, The home of the free and the brave. Ev'ry heart beats true 'Neath the Red, White and Blue,' Where there's never a boast or brag. But should auld acquaintance be forgot, Keep your eye on the grand old flag.

  George M. Cohan

  Heart, Eye, Home

  "Song: You're a Grand Old Flag". 1906.

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• I would not sacrifice a single living mesquite tree for any book ever written. One square mile of living desert is worth a hundred 'great books' - and one brave deed is worth a thousand.

  Edward Abbey

  Book, Sacrifice, Squares

  Edward Abbey (2006). “Postcards from Ed: Dispatches and Salvos from an American Iconoclast”

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• The Universe favors the brave. When you resolve to lift your life to its highest level, the strength of your soul will guide you to a magical place with magnificent treasures.

  Robin Sharma

  Soul, Treasure, Levels

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• Be brave and upright that God may love thee; speak the truth always, even if it leads to your death; safeguard the helpless and do no wrong. That is your oath.

  Balian of Ibelin

  May, Speak, Thee

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• Believe me, I am not even that brave enough to miss that many practices.

  Allen Iverson

  Basketball, Believe, Practice

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• I love a massage and a bath. I don't drink - I'll have a sip, but I've never been drunk - and I don't smoke. I envy people who have those releases. They just have a drink or a cigarette, and they feel better. I have to brave it through the whole day on my own.

  Jennifer Lopez

  Feel Better, People, Drunk

  "Jennifer Gets It Right". Interview with Lesley Goober, www.cosmopolitan.com. October 26, 2005.

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• I never quite dare to believe I'm brave enough to be an artist, but I'm on the side of artists. I think of myself as a bit of a Salieri, looking with longing eyes at Mozart.

  Stephen Fry

  Believe, Eye, Artist

  Interview with Tasha Robinson, www.avclub.com. September 22, 2004.

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• I'm certainly not going to tell other people what they should do with their own personal lives. I think it's certainly easier for a director to be out. The public is not going to see a movie because the director is gay or straight. It's maybe a little harder for an actor or actress because of, you know, the love roles and stuff. But gay people have been impersonating heteros in the movies for years. So, hopefully, that is becoming less of an issue. I think it would have been really great if a gay person had played a gay person. That's brave!

  John Waters

  Gay, Thinking, Years

  "INTERVIEW : He Really Can't Help Himself : Shockingly eccentric writer-director John Waters offers yet another look at the gruesome with his new film, 'Serial Mom.' It stacks up nicely against his cult faves 'Pink Flamingos' and 'Mondo Trasho'". Interview with James Grant, articles.latimes.com. April 10, 1994.

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• A sad, wise valor is the brave complexion.

  George Herbert

  Wise, Valor, Complexion

  George Herbert (1842). “The Temple: And the Country Parson”, p.81

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• In a brilliant fusion of fact and fiction, Jayne Anne Phillips has written the novel of the year. It's the story of a serial killer's crimes and capture, yes, but it's also a compulsively readable story of how one brave woman faces up to acts of terrible violence in order to create something good and strong in the aftermath. Quiet Dell will be compared to In Cold Blood, but Phillips offers something Capote could not: a heroine who lights up the dark places and gives us hope in our humanity.

  Stephen King

  Strong, Dark, Light

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• A brave man's hand can speak for itself, it does not even need a woman's love to hear its music.

  Bram Stoker

  Men, Hands, Doe

  Bram Stoker (1904). “Dracula”, p.214, Hayes Barton Press

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• God has entrusted us with his most precious treasure - people. He asks us to shepherd and mold them into strong disciples, with brave faith and good character.

  John Ortberg

  Strong, Character, People

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• Ben Marcus has created an innovative and unflinching portrait of the turmoil of the human condition, providing the reader a most rare gift: something truly new. Notable American Women contains strains of Donald Antrim and Samuel Beckett but is beholden to neither; it is a brave, original book.

  Myla Goldberg

  Book, Portraits, Notable

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• You have to be very brave and very entrepreneurial - you have to dare to create your own brand.

  Delphine Arnault

  Entrepreneurial, Dare, Brands

  "Delphine Arnault Rising". Interview with Miles Socha, wwd.com. April 14, 2014.

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• I learned that Congress is a place with more heart than courage; there are more good souls in Washington than brave ones. I learned that the whole is not always the sum of its parts: that what you put in doesnt always match what you get out.

  Joaquin Castro

  Heart, Soul, Congress

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• Being scared is normal. My technique for erasing it is facing it. Be afraid and brave. Be nervous and courageous. The first few minutes of being scared is your test to see if you're really serious about reaching a goal. Push through anxiety and come out victorious. Fear is just a test. Honor the feeling. Know it's there. Know it's temporary. Face it to erase it.

  Chrisette Michele

  Goal, Anxiety, Feelings

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• I know these are going to sound like school reading-list suggestions, but if you like dystopian fiction, you should check out some of the originals: Anthem, by Ayn Rand; 1984, by George Orwell; or Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley.

  Sara Shepard

  Reading, School, Brave New World

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• I knew many Marines had done brave deeds that no one saw and for which they got no medals at all. I was having a very hard time carrying those medals and didnt have the insight or maturity to know what to do with my combination of guilt and pride.

  Karl Marlantes

  Pride, Marine, Maturity

  Karl Marlantes (2011). “What It Is Like To Go To War”, p.115, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• I feel very fortunate to have broken in with the Milwaukee Braves organization.

  Joe Torre

  Organization, Broken, Milwaukee

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• I think Michael Moore is an amazing man - an amazing, brave man. And I think people are probably going to start saying, 'Don't associate with Cindy Sheehan.' People who speak truth to power somehow are marginalized in this country.

  Cindy Sheehan

  Country, Men, Thinking

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• Neiman's book is written with considerable flair, as many critics have already noted, but it possesses a far rarer and more valuable quality: moral seriousness. Her argument builds a powerful emotional force, a sense of deep inevitability. . . . It is not often that a work of such dark conclusions has felt so hopeful and brave.

  Mark Kingwell

  Powerful, Book, Dark

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  What we should really fear is not failure but the heart that is no longer brave enough to take risks and embrace challenges

  G-Dragon

  Heart, Challenges, Risk

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• Sing songs that none have sung, think thoughts that ne'er in the brain have rung,
  Walk in paths that none have trod, weep tears as none have shed for God,
  Give peace to all to whom none other gave,
  Claim him your own who's everywhere disclaimed.
  Love all with love that none have felt and
  Brave the battle of life with strength unchained.

  Paramahansa Yogananda

  Song, Healing, Thinking

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