Bravery is not the absence of fear, but the action in the face of fear. — Mark Messier
Bravery is not the absence of fear but the forging ahead despite being afraid — Robert Liparulo
Everybody has fear. The difference is that the coward does not control fear and the brave... gets over it. — Rickson Gracie
True heroics, obviously, is not the absence of fear, but having that fear and doing something anyway. — Martin Freeman
Bravery is not the absence of fear. Bravery is feeling the fear, the doubt, the insecurity, and deciding that something else is more important. — Mark Manson
Bravery does not mean being fearless. It means to be full of fear but still not being dominated by it. — Osho
Courage is... the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought not to be feared. — David Ben-Gurion
And one has to understand that braveness is not the absence of fear but rather the strength to keep on going forward despite the fear. — Paulo Coelho
True courage is in facing danger when you are afraid. — L. Frank Baum
Physical bravery is an animal instinct; moral bravery is much higher and truer courage. — Wendell Phillips
Fear is a sensation. Courage is a decision. — Andrew Huberman
Usually we think that brave people have no fear. The truth is that they are intimate with fear. — Pema Chodron
Short Bravery And Fear Quotes
Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it. — William Tecumseh Sherman
To be brave is not to have no fear, but to face your fear and overcome it. — Alexei Navalny
Cowards falter, but danger is often overcome by those who nobly dare. — Queen Elizabeth II
Cowards falter, but danger is often overcome by those who nobly dare. — Queen's Mother Elizabeth
You have to have fear in order to have courage. — Ronda Rousey
Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence. — Aristotle
Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back. — Publilius Syrus
Courage is not the absence of fear... — Richard Stengel
The fear of God makes a hero; the fear of man makes a coward. — Alvin C. York
Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will. — James Stephens
Bravery And Fear Image Quotes
The only time a man can be brave is when he is afraid.
Fear And Courage Quotes
We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot. — Eleanor Roosevelt
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.
There's a lie that all drivers tell themselves. Death is something that happens to other people, and that's how you find the courage to get in the car in the first place. The closer you are to death the more alive you feel. But more powerful than fear itself, is the will to win. — James Hunt
America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand. — Harry S. Truman
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult — Seneca
I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.
He who has overcome his fears will truly be free. — Aristotle
We shall steer safely through every storm, so long as our heart is right, our intention fervent, our courage steadfast, and our trust fixed on God. If at times we are somewhat stunned by the tempest, never fear. Let us take breath, and go on afresh. — Saint Francis de Sales
Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst are our own fears. — Rudyard Kipling
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself-and possibly teh bogey man. — Pat Paulsen
Bravery And Courage Quotes
Do the right thing because it is right. — Immanuel Kant
Develop enough courage so that you can stand up for yourself and then stand up for somebody else. — Maya Angelou
Keep alive within you and bring under wise control that courage which makes you long to undertake great works, which others might consider it folly to attempt. — Mary Euphrasia Pelletier
Recognize that you have the courage within you to fulfill the purpose of your birth. Summon forth the power of your inner courage and live the life of your dreams. — Gurumayi Chidvilasananda
This is bravery: using the challenge of daily life to sharpen our mind and open our heart. — Sakyong Mipham
Failure is a badge of honor. It means you risked failure. And if you don’t risk failure, you’re never going to do anything that’s different from what you’ve already done or what somebody else has done. — Charlie Kaufman
Throughout the years, many Christian women have told me of their great respect for the bravery and courage evident in my work, perhaps even gesturing to their own Isis earrings or a Nile River Goddess pendants. — Carol P. Christ
The frontiers of the kingdom of God were never advanced by men and women of caution. — J. Oswald Sanders
The only time a man can be brave is when he is afraid. — George R. R. Martin
Fearless doesn’t mean careless. There is a thin line between fearless and careless. I think we need to play fearless. — Smriti Mandhana
Courage And Bravery Quotes
Truthfully, in this age those with intellect have no courage and those with some modicum of physical courage have no intellect. If things are to alter during the next fifty years then we must re-embrace Byron’s ideal: the cultured thug. — Sayings
The brave may not live forever, but the cautious do not live at all. — Meg Cabot
Bravery is a complicated thing to describe. You can't say it's three feet long and two feet wide and that it weighs four hundred pounds or that it's colored bright blue or that it sounds like a piano or that it smells like roses. It's a quality, not a thing. — Mickey Mantle
Having courage does not mean that we are unafraid. Having courage and showing courage mean we face our fears. We are able to say, 'I have fallen, but I will get up.' — Maya Angelou
To live with fear and not be afraid is the final test of maturity. — Ed Weeks
Understand first that failure indicates courage. It means you had the bravery to test yourself. The temerity to challenge your status quo. The audacity to step outside your comfort zone. That impulse is both inspiring and empowering. Hold on to it. And congratulate yourself for trying. — Rich Roll
What you feel doesn’t matter in the end; it’s what you do that makes you brave. — Andre Agassi
Bravery and courage is walking into pain and knowing that something better is on the other side — Kanye West
The courage to cooperate or initiate are based entirely on the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth as the divine mind within you tells you the truth is. — Richard Buckminster Fuller
It really does require a courage and a self-disciplining to go along with that truth. — Richard Buckminster Fuller
Bravery Quotes
There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism. — Alexander Hamilton
The future doesn't belong to the light-hearted. It belongs to the brave. — Ronald Reagan
It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit. — J. R. R. Tolkien
We cannot change the way the world is, but by opening ourselves to the world as it is, we may find that gentleness, decency and bravery are available - not only to us, but to all human beings. — Chogyam Trungpa
Never doubt the courage of the French. They were the ones who discovered that snails are edible. — Doug Larson
One day's life of a lion is preferable to hundred years of a jackal. — Tipu Sultan
Like us many have spoken over this spring, but they were gone in the twinkling of an eye.
We conquered the world with bravery and might, but we did not take it with us to the grave. — Babur
You must not mistake lip-service and noise for bravery and service. — Marcus Garvey
Bravery And Strength Quotes
Quarreling over food and drink, having neither scruples nor shame, not knowing right from wrong, not trying to avoid death or injury, not fearful of greater strength or of greater numbers, greedily aware only of food and drink - such is the bravery of the dog and boar. — Xunzi
We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another. — Veronica Roth
Be strong. Live honorably and with dignity. When you don't think you can, hold on. — James Frey
You must learn to be strong in the dark as well as in the day, else you will always be only half brave. — George Macdonald
It's the easiest thing in the world for a man to deceive himself. — Benjamin Franklin
Courage is not the absence of fear; it is the absence of self. — Erwin McManus
The ability and inclination to use physical strength is no indication of bravery or tenacity to life. The greatest cowards are often the greatest bullies. Nothing is cheaper and more common than physical bravery. — Clarence Darrow
Lend your voices only to sounds of freedom, no longer lend your strength to that which you wish to be free from. Fill your life with love and bravery, and you shall live a life uncommon. — Jewel
Courage isn't the absence of fear; it's the dealing with it. — Randall Tex Cobb
There's nothing like the bravery and the strength and the extraordinary optimism of a five-year-old child in a cancer hospital, fighting to live. It's there inside the spirit. — Frank Langella
Brave And Courageous Quotes
Even in a world that's being shipwrecked, remain brave and strong. — Hildegard of Bingen
Now tell me, what does that mean to be noble? Your title gives you claim to the throne of our country, but men don't follow titles, they follow courage. Now our people know you. Noble, and common, they respect you. And if you would just lead them to freedom, they'd follow you. And so would I — William Wallace
Then there is a still higher type of courage - the courage to brave pain, to live with it, to never let others know of it and to still find joy in life; to wake up in the morning with an enthusiasm for the day ahead. — Howard Cosell
Throughout the history of our young nation, we have seen our military go bravely into battle, armed with courage and willing to make the ultimate sacrifice. — John M. McHugh
I think laughter may be a form of courage. As humans we sometimes stand tall and look into the sun and laugh, and I think we are never more brave than when we do that. — Linda Ellerbee
Olena and I are grateful to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge that at this crucial time when Ukraine is courageously opposing Russia’s invasion, they stand by our country and support our brave citizens. Good will triumph. — Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear. — Franklin D. Roosevelt
I have me brave women who are exploring the outer edge of human possibility, with no history to guide them, and with a courage to make themselves vulnerable that I find moving beyond words. — Gloria Steinem
As soon as you awaken to the power you have, you begin to flex the muscles of your courage. Then you can dream bravely: letting go of your limiting beliefs and pushing past your fears. You can start to come up with a truly original dream that germinates in your soul and bears fruit in your life. — Alberto Villoldo
There are so many ways to be brave in this world. Sometimes it involves giving up everything you have ever known, or everyone you have ever loved for the sake of something greater. — Veronica Roth
Maybe you will be afraid and maybe you will fail, but the courage to take risks in any part of your life is, I feel, a very worthwhile way to live. — Emile Hirsch
You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world's problems at once but don't ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own. — Michelle Obama
Devout Christians are destined to be regarded as fools in modern society. We are fools for Christ's sake. We must pray for courage to endure the scorn of the sophisticated world. — Antonin Scalia
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. — Lao Tzu
Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave. — Mary Tyler Moore
To those of you with your years of service still ahead, the challenge is yours. Stop doubting yourselves. Have the courage to make up your minds and hold your decisions. Refuse to be BOUGHT for a nickel, or a million dollars, or a job! — Mary Mcleod Bethune
Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway. — John Wayne
Being a Christan is less about cautiously avoiding sin than about courageously and actively doing God's will. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Count your blessings. Once you realize how valuable you are and how much you have going for you, the smiles will return, the sun will break out, the music will play, and you will finally be able to move forward the life that God intended for you with grace, strength, courage, and confidence. — Og Mandino
Go forth in peace, for you have followed the good road. Go forth without fear, for he who created you has made you holy, has always protected you, and loves you as a mother. Blessed be you, my God, for having created me. — Clare of Assisi
Basically, there are two paths you can walk: faith or fear. It's impossible to simultaneously trust God and not trust God. — Charles Stanley
Desire to see God, be fearful of losing Him, and find joy in everything that can lead to Him. If you act in this way, you will always live in great peace. — Teresa of Avila
Peace comes from the absence of fear, from a consciousness of trust, from a deep, underlying faith in the absolute goodness and mercy, the final integrity of the universe in which we live, and of every cause to which we give our thought, our time and our attention. — Ernest Holmes
Faith doesn’t mean an absence of fear. It means facing fear and trusting that God’s goodness is greater. — Matt Chandler
Words are the most powerful thing in the universe... Words are containers. They contain faith, or fear, and they produce after their kind. — Charles Capps
Fear and faith have something in common. They both ask us to believe in something we cannot see. — Joel Osteen
In every crisis there is a message. Crises are nature's way of forcing change - breaking down old structures, shaking loose negative habits so that something new and better can take their place. — Susan L. Taylor
Fear is a negative thought in your mind. Supplant it with a constructive thought. Fear has killed millions. Confidence is greater than fear. Nothing is more powerful than faith in God and the good. — Joseph Murphy
Love And Courage Quotes
Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take with you nothing that you have received - only what you have given: a full heart, enriched by honest service, love, sacrifice and courage. — Francis of Assisi
The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice. Ironically, their virtues make them vulnerable; they are often wounded, sometimes destroyed. — Ernest Hemingway
Toil and risk are the price of glory, but it is a lovely thing to live with courage and die leaving an everlasting fame. — Alexander The Great
Don't pray for an easy life, pray to be a stronger man. — John F. Kennedy
My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return. — Maya Angelou
It is not those who commit the least faults who are the most holy, but those who have the greatest courage, the greatest generosity, the greatest love, who make the boldest efforts to overcome themselves, and are not immediately apprehensive about tripping. — Saint Francis de Sales
You've got to follow your passion. You've got to figure out what it is you love--who you really are. And have the courage to do that. I believe that the only courage anybody ever needs is the courage to follow your own dreams. — Oprah Winfrey
The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing, and becomes nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn, feel, change, grow or love. Chained by his certitude, he is a slave; he has forfeited his freedom. Only the person who risks is truly free. — Leo Buscaglia
If you knew when you began a book what you would say at the end, do you think that you would have the courage to write it? What is true for writing and for a love relationship is true also for life. The game is worthwhile insofar as we don't know what will be the end. — Michel Foucault
Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love. — Rainer Maria Rilke
Many people today believe that cynicism requires courage. Actually, cynicism is the height of cowardice. It is innocence and open-heartednes s that requires the true courage -- however often we are hurt as a result of it. — Erica Jong
Statesmen exhibit five key commitments: 1) A commitment to principles above politics; 2) An ability to compromise without abandoning principle; 3) A commitment to truth over spin; 4) A commitment to courage over cowardice; and 5) A commitment, or willingness, to give up power. — Tom Coburn
Many would be cowards if they had courage enough. — Thomas Fuller
Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away. — Thomas Fuller
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. — Edwin Hubbell Chapin
Courage faces fear and thereby masters it.
Cowardice represses fear and is thereby mastered by it. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Better than cowardice is killing and being killed in battle. — Mahatma Gandhi
In the bottle discontent seeks for comfort, cowardice for courage, and bashfulness for confidence. — Samuel Johnson
If you can use those fears to shape who you will be and push past them, you can do anything. — Markiplier
Those who are successful overcome their fears and take action. Those who aren’t submit to their fears and live with regrets. — Jay-Z
I take a deep breath and sidestep my fear and begin speaking from the place where beauty and bravery meet--within the chambers of a quivering heart. — Terry Tempest Williams
When we come to that compassionate awareness that is not afraid of the fear, that can embrace the fear, we are able to heal the wounds of the child and the adult and begin to live the lives we've always wanted to live. — Cheri Huber
Without fear there cannot be courage. — Christopher Paolini
Fear cuts deeper than swords. — George R. R. Martin
A coward turns away, but a brave man's choice is danger. — Euripides
Courage is fear that has said its prayers and decided to go forward anyway. — Joyce Meyer
Courage is the form of every virtue at the testing point. — Lynn G. Robbins
Nice guys do not finish last. Last place is for the cowards and those too full of fear to take action. — Robert Kiyosaki
Bran thought about it. 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?' 'That is the only time a man can be brave,' his father told him. — George R. R. Martin
Scared is what you're feeling. Brave is what you're doing. — Emma Donoghue
[C]ourage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other. — Samuel Johnson
Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. — Maya Angelou
One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. — Maya Angelou
Except a person be part coward, it is not a compliment to say he is brave. — Mark Twain
Courage is nine-tenths context. What is courageous in one setting can be foolhardy in another and even cowardly in a third. — Joseph Epstein
The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair through fear alone.
[Lat., Fortes et strenuos etiam contra fortunam insistere, timidos et ignoros ad desperationem formidine properare.] — Tacitus
The bravery founded upon the hope of recompense, upon the fear of punishment, upon the experience of success, upon rage, upon ignorance of dangers, is common bravery, and does not merit the name. True bravery proposes a just end, measures the dangers, and, if it is necessary, the affront, with coldness. — Francois de la Noue
Courage faces fear and thereby masters it — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Weapons may be carried by creatures who are evil, dishonest, violent or lazy. The true warrior is good, gentle and honest. His bravery comes from within himself; he learns to conquer his own fears and misdeeds. —Matthias — Brian Jacques
Three things prompt men to a regular discharge of their duty in time of action: natural bravery, hope of reward, and fear of punishment. — George Washington
For the men and women of the FBI, bravery is reflected not only in the physical courage often necessary in the job. It can be seen in the courage of conviction, in the courage to act with wisdom in the face of fear, and in the courage it takes to admit mistakes and move forward. — Robert Mueller
I find I'm most challenged by things I really care about, because I really want to do them well. It causes quite a bit of anxiety. But that very thing you're afraid of is kind of like a blessing in disguise. If you didn't have that fear, you wouldn't have the other side - courage and bravery, positive emotions.As an actor, you get used to those fears, and you're almost happy when they show up. It makes you learn your lines and prepare. — Jeff Bridges
It's terrifying to have a voice right now. It's so terrifying, and it's so essential. — Deborah Kampmeier
Sports remain a great metaphor for life's more difficult lessons. It was through athletics that many of us first came to understand that fear can be tamed; that on a team the whole is more than the sum of its parts; and that the ability to be heroic lies, to a surprising degree, within. — Susan Casey
No nation can advance unless the old ideals of exploration and adventure are lived. There must be lives lost in flying, as in every other step of progress, and as many lives have been lost in the past, but there is no need to run foolish risks. The search for adventure need not entail foolhardiness. Fear is a tonic and danger should be something of a stimulant — Sophie
Oh, no, I was afraid of that! I'd better go and hide. — Torsten Wiesel
The passions do very often give birth to others of a nature most contrary to their own. Thus avarice sometimes brings forth prodigality, and prodigality avarice; a man's resolution is very often the effect of levity, and his boldness that of cowardice and fear. — Francois de la Rochefoucauld
We often see malefactors, when they are led to execution, put on resolution and a contempt of death which, in truth, is nothing else but fearing to look it in the face--so that this pretended bravery may very truly be said to do the same good office to their mind that the blindfold does to their eyes. — Francois de la Rochefoucauld
You can defeat fear through humor, through pain, through honesty, bravery, intuition, and through love in the truest sense. — John Cassavetes
Fear drives you and makes you better. — Donna Shalala
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