Quotes on the topic: Bravery


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Gerda Lerner was fierce, brilliant and unique. She lived history by her bravery, restored history by her scholarship, and democratized its study by her activism.


The topic of leadership is a touchy one. A lot of leaders fail because they don't have the bravery to touch that nerve or strike that chord. Throughout my years, I haven't had that fear.


I feel like my secret magic trick that separates me from a lot of my peers is the bravery to be vulnerable and truthful and honest.


I like to put my characters through a lot, so, in 'Talon,' my fans will find familiar themes of bravery and sacrifice, and what it means to be human... even if you're not human.


You see, as I go along, I've come to consider bravery as just about the most pernicious of virtues. Bravery is a horrible thing. The human race has it left over from the animal world and we can't get rid of it.


Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will.


When you've married someone who's been at war, there is nothing you can do that compares to that level of selflessness and bravery.


It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.


My bravery however was the effect of assurance for could I have believed the current report, I should have fled as fast as any man, no man can possibly have a greater reluctance to an intimacy with Sir William Howe than my Self.


Now I have the bravery to do fine things.


Bravery is the engine of change.


If we take the generally accepted definition of bravery as a quality which knows no fear, I have never seen a brave man. All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened.


Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid.


At the bottom of not a little of the bravery that appears in the world, there lurks a miserable cowardice. Men will face powder and steel because they have not the courage to face public opinion.


I remember devouring the entire Hardy Boys series over one summer, enthralled by their bravery and cleverness.


I suppose the more established one gets, you have what's called a reputation, and so you want to protect that and preserve that. And I think the bravery really comes in one's mid career where you then are constantly trying to move beyond that and move past that, because those so-called successors can become shackles.


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.


The world is not limited by IQ. We are all limited by bravery and creativity.


It requires bravery to do something no one else around you is doing.


As a comedian, it really gelled when I started doing standup. Because standup is so much about bravery, especially in the early days. There is no doubt that it is going to go terribly for you over and over and over again. But you cannot get funny without bombing.