Brave Quotes - Page 9

• People don't resent you for being brave. They resent themselves for being afraid.

  Darren Hardy

  Resent You, People, Being Afraid

  Darren Hardy (2015). “The Entrepreneur Roller Coaster: Why Now Is the Time to #Join the Ride”, p.55, Greenleaf Book Group

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• On some such night as this she remembered promising to herself to live as brave and noble a life as any heroine she ever read or heard of in romance, a life sans peur et sans reproche; it had seemed to her then that she had only to will, and such a life would be accomplished. And now she had learnt that not only to will, but also to pray, was a necessary condition in the truly heroic. Trusting to herself, she had fallen.

  Elizabeth Gaskell

  Night, Romance, Would Be

  Elizabeth Gaskell (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Elizabeth Gaskell (Illustrated)”, p.1287, Delphi Classics

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• If we are going to find our way out of shame and back to each other, vulnerability is the path and courage is the light. To set down those lists of *what we're supposed to be* is brave. To love ourselves and support each other in the process of becoming real is perhaps the greatest single act of daring greatly.

  Brené Brown

  Real, Light, Support

  Brené Brown (2012). “Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead”, p.96, Penguin

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• Until that moment she had never thought she could do it. Never thought she would be brave enough or scared enough, or desperate enough to dare.

  Neil Gaiman

  Would Be, Scared, Moments

  Neil Gaiman (2009). “Neverwhere: A Novel”, p.16, Harper Collins

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• The only time a man can be brave is when he is afraid.

  George R. R. Martin

  Courage, Men, Fantasy

  George R. R. Martin (2011). “A Dance with Dragons: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Five”, p.526, Bantam

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• We'd stared into the face of Death, and Death blinked first. You'd think that would make us feel brave and invincible. It didn't.

  Rick Yancey

  Thinking, Faces, Firsts

  Rick Yancey (2013). “The 5th Wave”, p.67, Penguin

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• What about you? You didn't even think twice about following those two. They say, 'Let's go onto the ice' and right away you say, 'Where do I put my paws?' If you ask me, you're the brave one.

  Erin Hunter

  Thinking, Ice, Two

  Erin Hunter (2010). “Seekers #5: Fire in the Sky”, p.5, Harper Collins

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• We can't be brave without fear.

  Muhammad Ali

  Be Brave

  FaceBook post by Muhammad Ali from Jul 29, 2015

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• This was Jace being brave. Simon thought, brave and snarky because he thought Lilith was going to kill him, and that was the way he wanted to go, unafraid and on his feet. Like a warrior. The way Shadowhunters did. His death song would always be this-jokes and snideness and pretend arrogance, and that look in his eyes that said 'I'm better than you'. Simon just hadn't realized it before.

  Cassandra Clare

  Song, Eye, Warrior

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “Shadowhunters and Downworlders: A Mortal Instruments Reader”, p.36, BenBella Books, Inc.

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• The gods made the earth for all men t' share. Only when the kings come with their crowns and steel swords, they claimed it was all theirs. "My trees," they said, "you can't eat them apples. My stream, you can't fish here. My wood, you're not t' hunt. My earth, my water, my castle, my daughter, keep your hands away or I'll chop 'em off, but maybe if you kneel t' me I'll let you have a sniff." You call us thieves, but at least a thief has t' be brave and clever and quick. A kneeler only has t' kneel.

  George R. R. Martin

  Daughter, Kings, Clever

  George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.1914, Bantam

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• I will be brave, thought Coraline. No, I am brave.

  Neil Gaiman

  Coraline, Be Brave

  Neil Gaiman (2012). “Coraline”, p.71, A&C Black

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• I fell in love with you," he said, "because you were one of the bravest people I'd ever known. So how could I ask you to stop being brave just because I loved you?" He ran his hands through his hair, making it stick up in loops and curls that Clary ached to smooth down. "You came for me," he said. "You saved me when almost everyone else had given up, and even the people who hadn't given up didn't know what to do. You think I don't know what you went through?

  Cassandra Clare

  Love You, Thinking, Hair

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• It is a brave thing to have courage to be an individual; it is also, perhaps, a lonely thing. But it is better than not being an individual, which is to be nobody at all.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Lonely, Individual, Have Courage

  Eleanor Roosevelt (1960). “You Learn by Living”, p.114, Westminster John Knox Press

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• So release yourself from that. Don't be strategic or coy. Strategic and coy are for jackasses. Be brave. Be authentic. Practice saying the word 'love' to the people you love so when it matters the most to say it, you will.

  Cheryl Strayed

  Practice, People, Matter

  Cheryl Strayed (2013). “Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Someone Who’s Been There”, p.18, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• Brave? Or stupid?" Roger shrugged. "I've never been quite sure where brave stopped and stupid began, myself.

  Gerald Morris

  Stupid, Roger

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• There are many different kinds of bravery. There's the bravery of thinking of others before one's self. Now, your father has never brandished a sword nor fired a pistol, thank heavens. But he has made many sacrifices for his family, and put away many dreams... He put them in a drawer. And sometimes, late at night, we take them out and admire them. But it gets harder and harder to close the drawer... He does. And that is why he is brave.

  James M. Barrie

  Dream, Father, Sacrifice

  "Fictional character: Mrs. Darling". "Peter Pan", www.imdb.com. December 9, 2003.

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• Han made no effort to put up a brave front. Most of the time he just screamed himself hoarse, though a couple of times he amused himself by screaming Fionas's name as if he were in the throes of passion. FEEE-OHHH-NAAA! Lord Bayar made him pay for that, but afterward, Fiona didn't come down anymore, which Han appreciated.

  Cinda Williams Chima

  Couple, Passion, Names

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• Always attack. Even in defense, attack. The attacking arm possesses the initiative and thus commands the action. To attack makes men brave; to defend makes them timorous.

  Steven Pressfield

  Men, Defense, Arms

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• Dear Heavenly Father, I have a friend who stands as close as a brother, a brave soul. I have seen in him the heart of a warrior... He is gallant, loyal, and true, sacrificing his esteem, forfeiting his comfort, even spilling his blood. But, what color is his soul? My friend has a desperate need, and I have seen it. How can I be his accuser, condemning the one who has gladly poured out his blood in my stead? But shall I deny my witness? There is a darkness, a gnawing void behind those eyes of steel... Will you make him a knight, dressed in holy raiment, fit to take a seat at your table?

  Bryan Davis

  Brother, Father, Eye

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• I tried very hard. But I can't help it. The Fates are cruel. They sent you to me, my brave one, knowing that you would break my heart.

  Rick Riordan

  Heart, Fate, Knowing

  Rick Riordan (2013). “Percy Jackson: The Complete Series”, p.841, Penguin UK

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• Nico, I've seen a lot of brave things. But what you just did? That was maybe the bravest.

  Rick Riordan

  Hades, House Of Hades, Nico Di Angelo

  Rick Riordan (2013). “The House of Hades (Heroes of Olympus Book 4)”, p.219, Penguin UK

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• It's stupid to miss a thing when there are so many people to miss instead, but I miss this train already, and all the others that carried me through the city, my city, after I was brave enough to ride them. I brush my fingers over the car wall, just once, and then jump.

  Veronica Roth

  Wall, Stupid, Cities

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• I open the door to the fear landscape room and flip open the small black box that was in my back pocket to see the syringes inside. This is the box I have always used, padded around the needles; it is a sign of something sick inside me, or something brave.

  Veronica Roth

  Doors, Sick, Black

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• I want to be brave, and selfless, and smart, and kind, and honest.

  Veronica Roth

  Smart, Divergent, Selfless

  "Divergent and the Gospel (Part II): Vanquishing Weakness, Cultivating Strength" by Jacob Myers, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 28, 2014.

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• You take this cold, remarkable, difficult, dangerous, borderline psychopath man, and you wonder what might have happened to him had he not met his best friend, a friend that no one would have put him with, this solid, dependable, brave, big-hearted war hero. I think people fall in love, not with Sherlock Holmes or Dr. Watson, but with their friendship. I think it is the most famous friendship in fiction, without a doubt.

  Steven Moffat

  Friendship, Falling In Love, War

  "The Ax Interview: Showrunners Steven Moffat And Mark Gatiss On ‘Sherlock’ And ‘Doctor Who’". Interview with Abbie Bernstein, www.assignmentx.com. November 12, 2010.

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