Bravery Quotes

Being fearless is not in the absence of fear, it's just about fearing less.

~ Temitope Ibrahim

She looked at the girl in the mirror and the girl in the mirror looked back at her. I will be brave, thought Coraline. No, I am brave.

~ Neil Gaiman

It was a satisfying bravery, it never aroused antagonism.

~ Ayn Rand

The man unwilling to brave the test has already shown himself to be much more craven than the man who fails.

~ Brandon Mull

It is good to be brave, it is better to be good; strive to be both.

~ Justin Huntly Mccarthy

Remember, the opposite of bravery is not cowardice, but conformity.

~ Gayle Forman

Reaction timeTouch the underside of a penny you find on the streetDoesn't feel any different unless you close your eyesI can taste the copper in my mouth nowseeping from between my teethThere's an explanation I'm sureall this bloodit's from all the times I held the glass too closeAnd forgot to tip the dancerA storm just passedand like every other one that came before itI was left unharmedThe dogs are all barking and the catshiding in the basementAnd the sky is colored that bright yellow glowmakes it feel like you're wearing sunglassesthat you can't take offWherever you are nowit's not herebecause I missed itI missed the showI missed the curtain callAnd forever more I am cursedlike a blanket without a body to keep warm

~ Dave Matthes

Generosity is a mark of bravery, so all Sioux boys were taught to be generous.

~ Luther Standing Bear

It’s not called ‘falling in love’ for no reason. It’s scary! It’s like jumping out of a plane with no parachute. Or bungee-jumping without your cord attached. Or hang-gliding with only one wing.

~ Andrea Lochen

Olive was way beyond hearing anything, but her chin was set and she was determined to help the pilot so that he would not be too afraid before they hit the earth. She smiled and nodded again. At the end of each stunt he looked back, and each time she encouraged him. Afterward he said over and over, She's the goddamest woman I ever saw. I tore up the rule book and she wanted more. Good Christ, what a pilot she would have made!

~ John Steinbeck

Let the Kez come,” Tamas roared. “Let them send their greatest generals after us. Let them stack the odds against us. Let them come upon us with all their fury, because these hounds at our heels will soon know we are lions!

~ Brian Mcclellan

Sometimes one act of bravery is better than a life lived as a coward.-Mukta

~ Amita Trasi

Find your fucking balls, Mitch, and reattach them!

~ Jacquelyn Ayres

BRAVETo be brave is to behavebravely when your heart is faint.So you can be really brave only when you really ain't.

~ Piet Hein

Be brave. Take the hill. But first answer the question, What is my hill?

~ Matthew Mcconaughey

You shall not be afraid to hear bad news. God will strength you.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Drop your weapons once and they will dig you in to the grave forever.

~ Ameya Agrawal

When I write, I try to represent the voices of people I've known who had no voice.

~ Carla H. Krueger

All the best writers take risks, offend people often and say fuck you to the critics.

~ Carla H. Krueger

Chamberlain raised his saber, let loose the shout that was the greatest sound he could make, boiling the yell up from his chest: Fix bayonets! Charge! Fix bayonets! Charge! Fix bayonets! Charge! He leaped down from the boulder, still screaming, his voice beginning to to crack and give, and all around him his men were roaring animal screams, and he saw the whole Regiment rising and pouring over the wall and beginning to bound down through the dark bushes, over the dead and dying wounded, hats coming off, hair flying, mouths making sounds, one man firing as he ran, the last bullet, last round.

~ Michael Shaara

Slaves do not have the bravery of free men.

~ Pierce Brown

I'm sorry you aren't as brave as you thought you were. But don't punish me because of it.

~ Sarah Waters

I can't be my own person if I constantly require someone else to hold me together.

~ Tahereh Mafi

It is far easier to see brave men die than to hear a coward beg for life.

~ Jack London

It’s a great lesson about not being too precious about your writing. You have to try your hardest to be at the top of your game and improve every joke you can until the last possible second, and then you have to let it go. You can’t be that kid standing at the top of the waterslide, overthinking it…You have to let people see what you wrote.

~ Tina Fey

He stopped the flyersAnd by his rare example made the cowardTurn terror into sport. As weeds beforeA vessel under sail, so men obeyedAnd fell below his stem. His sword, Death's stamp,Where it did mark, it took; from face to footHe was a thing of blood, whose every motionWas timed with dying cries. Alone he enteredThe mortal gate o' th' city, which he paintedWith shunless destiny; aidless came offAnd with a sudden reinforcement struckCorioles like a planet. Now all's his,When by and by the dim of war gan pierceHis ready sense; then straight his doubled spiritRequickened what in flesh was fatigate,And to the battle came he, where he didRun reeking o'er the lives of men as if'Twere a perpetual spoil; and till we calledBoth field and city ours, he never stoodTo ease his breast with panting.

~ William Shakespeare

Such I hold to be the genuine use of Gunpowder: that it makes all men tall.

~ Thomas Carlyle

Tim Stoutheart was afraid, too,” I said. “But he went on. I expect you to do the same.

~ Stephen King

She wanted to be free, and if she could never be free, at least she wanted to be brave - brave enough not to sell herself, no matter what the payment, or the cost of refusing.

~ Laini Taylor

The ultimate act of heroism shouldn't be death.

~ Rainbow Rowell

Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.

~ William Shakespeare

I denied Discordia and regret nothing, I have spat into the bodiless eyes of the Crimson King and rejoice, I threw my lot with the gunslinger and the White and never once questioned the choice.

~ Stephen King

Children believe what you promise. They are excited and expectant. Your nature must be like theirs: bold, daring, unafraid and eager to experience the victory God has already assured.

~ Thea Harris

What was the difference between Anne Frank and any other 15 year old girl living the same nightmare? Nothing! Aside from the fact that Anne spoke through her writings while others kept silent. Someone very special to me recently asked how can I write such personal things as child abuse, relationship problems, sexual addiction, and not fear how the family will feel about these revealings. I have the audacity to write such things because it's MY story. Not my parents, not my brothers, not my aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents... MINE. Note to those contemplating writing nonfiction. Write the story. It's yours to tell. Nevermind how your family will feel. Those that love you will not judge you. I promise. Do not let your testimony be in vain.

~ Katandra Jackson Nunnally

She wasn't scared of going deep, deep down in a world of no air and little light

~ Katherine Paterson

Now it seems like no matter what I decide, I'll be betraying someone.

~ Veronica Roth

SO WHAT Harry shouted. Don't you understand? If Snape gets hold of the Stone, Voldemort's coming back! Haven't you heard what it was like when he was trying to take over? There won't be any Hogwarts to get expelled from! He'll flatten it, or turn it into a school for the Dark Arts! Losing points doesn't matter anymore, can't you see? Do you think he'll leave you and your families alone if Gryffindor wins the house cup? If I get caught before I can get to the Stone, well, I'll have to go back to the Dursleys and wait for Voldemort to find me there, it's only dying a bit later than I would have, because I'm never going over to the Dark Side!

~ J.k. Rowling

Anyone can be brave for five minutes or an hour or two. The bravery no one talks about is the hardest bravery of all. When you get up in the morning even though you'd rather be dead, that's brave.

~ Carys Bray

O, that's a brave man! He writes brave verses, speaks brave words, swears brave oaths, and breaks them bravely

~ William Shakespeare

So while this is a book about fighting back, in the end this is a book about love. The songbirds and the salmon need your heart, no matter how weary, because even a broken heart is still made of love. They need your heart because they are disappearing, slipping into that longest night of extinction, and the resistance is nowhere in sight. We will have to build that resistance from whatever comes to hand: whispers and prayers, history and dreams, from our bravest words and braver actions. It will be hard, there will be a cost, and in too many implacable dawns it will seem impossible. But we will have to do it anyway. So gather your heart and join with every living being. With love as our First Cause, how can we fail?

~ Derrick Jensen