1,469 Quotes About Bravery

It was yet another reason to stand in awe of them. I think that you should be in awe of anyone who reaches the age of sixty. You've got to be brave to live through so many years.I wondered why, if it's so easy to leave the game, why we carry on playing it?

True self-respect, according to Mencius, is based on the vales of benevolence, dutifulness, conscientiousness, truthfulness, and delight in what is good. Bravery, in Chinese philosophy, is the quality that allows people to pursue those values, hold steadfast to them in times when they are challenged, and remain true to them when faced with conventional social ideals that conflict with full human excellence.

Encouragement as a concept in psychology has been most influenced by Adler (1946), who proposed that discouragement was at the root of many mental health problems and the seed of destruction in many interpersonal relationships.

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

They’re so brave," she said. "They’re all dead." "Only a coward would think of that," she said scornfully.

Living by faith includes the call to something greater than cowardly self-preservation.

The prince raised his head. “I will never serve you. You have defeated me, but you will never own me.” He owed these words to those who had died for him. He owed the words to himself. To be destroyed was one thing. At least he had not surrendered.

But I think I understand now what Shackleton said yesterday, how hero is not always doing something grand. It's when things get so bad, and you keep on anyway.

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