Bravery And Fear Quotes - Page 2

• Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.

  Aristotle

  Motivational, Inspiring, Leadership

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• It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.

  Aesop

  Courage, Distance, Army

  Joseph Jacobs, Aesop (2002). “The Fables of Aesop”, p.41, Courier Corporation

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• Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.

  C. S. Lewis

  Courage, Army, Bravery

  In Cyril Connolly 'The Unquiet Grave' (1944) ch. 31

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• To live with fear and not be afraid is the final test of maturity.

  Ed Weeks

  Courage, Fear, Maturity

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• Bran thought about it. 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?' 'That is the only time a man can be brave,' his father told him.

  George R. R. Martin

  Inspirational, Courage, Fear

  George R. R. Martin (2003). “A Game of Thrones: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book One”, p.26, Bantam

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• Bravery is not the absence of fear, but the action in the face of fear.

  Mark Messier

  Bravery, Faces, Action

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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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• For without belittling the courage with which men have died, we should not forget those acts of courage with which men have lived.

  John F. Kennedy

  Courage, Men, Forget

  John F. Kennedy (1963). “Profiles in Courage”

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• There are so many ways to be brave in this world. Sometimes it involves giving up everything you have ever known, or everyone you have ever loved for the sake of something greater.

  Veronica Roth

  Courage, Giving Up, Bravery

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• A coward turns away, but a brave man's choice is danger.

  Euripides

  Courage, Men, Choices

  Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides (1959). “Euripides”

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• Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away.

  Thomas Fuller

  Running, Fear, Bravery

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• Courage faces fear and thereby masters it

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2012). “A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings”, p.138, Beacon Press

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• Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed.

  Dale Carnegie

  Inspirational, Success, Confidence

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• True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason.

  Alfred North Whitehead

  Courage, Hero, Bravery

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• A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage.

  Sydney Smith

  Confidence, Courage, Fear

  Sydney Smith (1856). “Wit and Wisdom of the Rev. Sydney Smith”, p.201

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• You gain strength, courage, and confidence by doing the thing which you think you cannot do.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Running, Fear, Cancer

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• There are so many ways to be brave in this world. Sometimes bravery involves laying down your life for something bigger than yourself, or for someone else. Sometimes it involves giving up everything you have ever known, or everyone you have ever loved, for the sake of something greater. But sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes it is nothing more than gritting your teeth through pain, and the work of every day, the slow walk toward a better life. That is the sort of bravery I must have now.

  Veronica Roth

  Courage, Giving Up, Pain

  "Allegiant". Book by Veronica Roth, 2013.

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  The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.

  Robert Green Ingersoll

  Inspirational, Positive, Sports

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.3045, Library of Alexandria

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• Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

  Winston Churchill

  Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

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

  George R. R. Martin

  Courage, Men, Brave

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

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• Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy.

  John F. Kennedy

  Life, Courage, Bravery

  John F. Kennedy (1964). “Profiles In Courage”

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• Courage is never to let your actions be influenced by your fears.

  Arthur Koestler

  Courage, Business, Thought Provoking

  Arthur Koestler (1952). “Arrow in the blue: an autobiography”

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• Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

  Winston Churchill

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Courage is being afraid but going on anyhow.

  Dan Rather

  Sympathy, Courage, Cancer

  Twitter post from Jul 16, 2014

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