top of page
Bravery Quotes


"If I am brave enough to stand against those who have been groomed by fear, I will recognize that where I get knocked down is all about where life begins, and has nothing to do with where it ends."


"If anything I urge you to live bravely and beyond your own comfort zone."


"A brave heart doesn't pump coward's blood."


"Courage is generosity of the highest order for the brave are prodigal of the most precious things."


"To go against the grain is the secret of bravery."


"Fortune reveres the brave and overwhelms the cowardly."


"Razo hopped back up and adopted a posture that said he was completely unruffled, never had been, and in fact was ready to do something manly like lift boulders or swallow live worms."


"A lion is only dangerous if it has teeth."


"No less a bold and pugnacious figure than Winston Churchill broke down and was unable to finish his remarks at the sendoff of the British Expeditionary Force into the maelstrom of World War I in Europe."


"Character- building education is what the world needs " education, that will empower the mind with such an unimaginable strength that one would meet death face to face and say "some other time, pal!"



"I am satisfied that if a book is a good one, it is so whatever the sex of the author may be. All novels are or should be written for both men and women to read, and I am at a loss to conceive how a man should permit himself to write anything that would be really disgraceful to a woman, or why a woman should be censured for writing anything that would be proper and becoming for a man."



"Our portion is not constantly looking back at our fears and failures."


"To cultivate bravery and courage, may the Force be with you. Whether you fortify yourself with a positive mental attitude, affirmations, faith in God, prayer, and meditation, or an innate sense of personal destiny, you have the power to summon your courage and be brave. "Make it so, Number One!"



"I am proud. It will get me into trouble someday, but today it makes me brave."



"It's when you're acting selflessly that you are at you bravest."


"Breaking from the herd is better than getting lost in it."


"When we were almost to the other campus, I felt the weird nausea hit me. I called a warning to Christian, just as a Strigoi grabbed him. But Christian was fast. Flames wreathed the Strigoi's head. He screamed and released Christian, trying frantically to put the flames out. The Strigoi never saw me coming with the stake. The whole thing took under a minute. Christian and I exchanged looks.Yeah. We were badasses."


"By this time I was nolonger very much terrified or very miserable. I had, as it were, passed thelimit of terror and despair. I felt now that my life was practically lost,and that persuasion made me capable of daring anything."



"I have realized that part of being Dauntless is being willing to make things more difficult for yourself in order to be self-sufficient. There's nothing especially brave about wandering dark streets with no flashlight, but we are not supposed to need help, even from light. We are supposed to be capable of anything. I like that. Because there might come a day when there is no flashlight, there is no gun, there is no guiding hand. And I want to be ready."


"Realize yourself. Realize your abilities. Be sincere to nobody else, but yourself. Keep walking on the path of bravery. Keep walking on the path of your passion. Keep walking, and do not stop until you reach your goal."


"I didn't know if I was brave or reckless."



"So I take a deep breath.Step forward.Let go.10 seconds and I'm trying to breathe9And I'm trying to be brave8But the truth is I'm scared out of my mind7And I have no idea what's waiting for me behind that door6And I'm pretty sure I'm going to have a heart attack5But I can't turn back now4Because there it is3The door is right in front of me2All I have to do is knock1Butthe door flies open first."



"You must refuse to succumb to every ungodliness and injustice."


"There was a Texas Ranger one time who said that there's no stopping a man who knows he's in the right and keeps a-coming."


"Fear not your flame as you flood your caverns with firelight."


"If you're not scared of the dark, it hasn't been dark enough."


"When you face fear head on, it is no more!"


"Oh! Be men, or be more than men. Be steady to your purposes and firm as a rock. This ice is not made of such stuff as your hearts may be; it is mutable and cannot withstand you if you say that it shall not. Do not return to your families with the stigma of disgrace marked on your brows. Return as heroes who have fought and conquered, and who know not what it is to turn their backs on the foe."
bottom of page