Bravery Quotes - Page 7

• Someone praising a man for his foolhardy bravery, Cato, the elder, said, ''There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.

  Plutarch

  Men, Differences, Praise

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• Washington and the elder Napoleon. Both were brave men; both were true men; both loved their country and dared to expose their lives for their country's cause.

  Matthew Simpson

  Country, Men, Causes

  Matthew Simpson (1885). “Sermons”

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• Only the brave know how to forgive; it is the most refined and generous pitch of virtue human nature can arrive at.

  Laurence Sterne

  Motivational, Forgiveness, Brave

  Laurence Sterne (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Laurence Sterne (Illustrated)”, Delphi Classics

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• A brave soul is a thing which all things serve.

  Alexander Smith

  Soul, All Things, Brave

  alexander smith (1853). “poems”, p.67

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• Fight valiantly to-day; and yet I do thee wrong to mind thee of it, for thou art framed of the firm truth of valor.

  William Shakespeare

  Art, Fighting, Mind

  William Shakespeare (1853). “The works of William Shakespeare: comprising his dramatic and poetical works, complete”, p.461

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• I'm brave to say that I won't take this sort of risk.

  Alain Prost

  Brave, Risk

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too.

  Elizabeth I

  Leadership, Courage, Kings

  Speech to troops at Tilbury, England (1588).

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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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• The brave deserve the lovely - every woman may be won.

  Charles Godfrey Leland

  Lovely, May, Deserve

  Charles Godfrey Leland (2015). “Songs of the Sea and Lays of the Land”, p.142, Library of Alexandria

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• When you jump across a canyon, cautious small steps and vacillation won't work. Sometimes you just have to go for it.

  Rick Warren

  Courage, Small Steps, Sometimes

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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, Challenges, Perception

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• Be courageous. I have seen many depressions in business. Always America has emerged from these stronger and more prosperous. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith! Go forward!

  Thomas A. Edison

  Faith, Courage, Father

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• Now when I enter a carriage, it almost empties. But there's always one brave enough to stay.

  Grace Jones

  Brave, Enough, Carriages

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• Life may be given in many ways, and loyalty to truth be sealed as bravely in the closet as the field.

  James Russell Lowell

  Loyalty, May, Way

  James Russell Lowell (1871). “The poetical works of James Russell Lowell”, p.431

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• We are all born brave, trusting and greedy, and most of us remain greedy.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Trust, Literature, Materialism

  "The Complete Neurotic's Notebook". Book by Mignon McLaughlin, 1981.

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• History has taught us over and over again that freedom is not free. When push comes to shove, the ultimate protectors of freedom and liberty are the brave men and women in our armed forces. Throughout our history, they've answered the call in bravery and sacrifice.

  Tim Pawlenty

  Sacrifice, Men, Taught Us

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• The bitterest creature under heaven is the wife who discovers that her husband's bravery is only bravado, that his strength is only a uniform, that his power is but a gun in the hands of a fool.

  Pearl S. Buck

  Husband, Gun, Power

  "To My Daughters, With Love". Book by Pearl S. Buck, 1967.

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• O friends, be men; so act that none may feel Ashamed to meet the eyes of other men. Think each one of this children and his wife, His home, his parents, living yet and dead. For them, the absent ones, I supplicate, And bid you rally here, and scorn to fly.

  Homer

  Children, Home, Eye

  Homer (1871). “The Iliad of Homer”, p.90

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• I still when I wake up hit the ground running; and having an illness, I'm only one of hundreds of thousands of people that live with an illness, and I'm just in awe of the bravery and dignity of the people I see at the hospital.

  Karen Duffy

  Running, Fear, People

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• No matter what you think about the Iraq war, there is one thing we can all agree on for the next days - we have to salute the courage and bravery of those who are risking their lives to vote and those brave Iraqi and American soldiers fighting to protect their right to vote.

  Hillary Clinton

  Courage, War, Fighting

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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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• Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Courage, Men

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1973). “Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks: 1847-1848”, p.43, Harvard University Press

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• Many have left their families to defend our freedom. We salute their bravery; we express our appreciation and support to their families. And we pray for their safe return.

  Bob Taft

  Appreciation, Safe Return, Support

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

  William Cowper

  Brave, Toil

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

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• In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.

  Sallust

  Running, Risk, Coward

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