I am involved in the land of a leonine and brave people, where every foot of the ground is like a well of steel, confronting my soldier. You have brought only one son into the world, but everyone in this land can be called an Alexander.
— Alexander The Great
Staggering Only The Brave quotations
Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.
There never was a woman like her. She was gentle as a dove and brave as a lioness... The memory of my mother and her teachings were, after all, the only capital I had to start life with, and on that capital I have made my way.
The only use of an obstacle is to be overcome.
All that an obstacle does with brave men is, not to frighten them, but to challenge them.
Bear in mind, my children, that only cowards and those who are weak commit sin and tell lies. The brave are always moral. Try to be moral, try to be brave, try to be sympathising.
The only time a man can be brave is when he is afraid.
Did you ever feel, as though you had something inside you that was only waiting for you to give it a chance to come out? Some sort of extra power that you aren't using - you know, like all the water that goes down the falls instead of through the turbines?
The work these brave men and women do is extremely important, not only to our nation but to all the countries that our troops are stationed at around the world. I am grateful to the USO for having us and to all the troops who shared their day with us.
The enemy are only 50 yards from us. We are heavily outnumbered. We are under devastating fire. I shall not withdraw an inch but will fight to our last man and our last round.
Even cowards can endure hardship; only the brave can endure suspense.
Only in the spirit of attack, born in a brave heart, will bring success to any fighter aircraft, no matter how highly developed it may be.
Only the brave should teach....Teaching is a vocation. It is as sacred as priesthood; as innate a desire, as inescapable as the genius which compels a great artist. If he has not the concern for humanity, the love of living creatures, the vision of the priest and the artist, he must not teach.
We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.
The only reason we don't open our hearts and minds to other people is that they trigger confusion in us that we don't feel brave enough or sane enough to deal with. To the degree that we look clearly and compassionately at ourselves, we feel confident and fearless about looking into someone else's eyes.
Only the brave know how to forgive... a coward never forgave; it is not in his nature.
Would you learn the secret of the sea? Only those who brave its dangers, comprehend its mystery!
I believe such illumination comes if you're open to the surprises the universe throws at you. You must be able to let go of the past, whatever success you may have seen, whatever your comfort, whatever your habits. To me, that's the key to loving life: Enabling yourself to step bravely into the unknown. Only there will you find yourself again.
To Time it never seems that he is brave To set himself against the peaks of snow To lay them level with the running wave, Nor is he overjoyed when they lie low, But only grave, contemplative and grave.
It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only by defying it that the brave escape.
You, too, women, cast away all the cowards from your embraces;
they will give you only cowards for children, and you who are the daughters of the land of beauty must bear children who are noble and brave.
You must learn to be strong in the dark as well as in the day, else you will always be only half brave.
To believe yourself brave is to be brave; it is the one only essential thing.
Our forefathers were not only brave. I believe they were right. I believe that what they meant was that every man born had equal right to grow from scratch by way of his own power unhindered to the highest expression of himself possible to him.
The mutual confidence on which all else depends can be maintained only by an open mind and a brave reliance upon free discussion.
It is hard to be brave, when you're only a Very Small Animal.
Only the brave know how to forgive; it is the most refined and generous pitch of virtue human nature can arrive at.
But only a brief moment is granted to the brave one breath or two, whose wage is the long nights of the grave.
All brave men love; for he only is brave who has affections to fight for, whether in the daily battle of life, or in physical contests.
In our observances this Memorial Day, we honor the brave Americans who paid the highest price for their commitment to the ideals of peace, freedom, and justice. Our debt to them can be paid only by our own recommitment to preserving those same ideals.
In deep waters, you encounter only the wise and the brave;
in shallow waters, the ignorant and the coward!
The battle is not to the strong alone.
It is to the vigilant, the active, and the brave. A small, disciplined militia can not only hold out against a larger force, but drive it back, because what they're fighting for rightfully belongs to them.
Perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave.
Michelle Alexander's brave and bold new book paints a haunting picture in which dreary felon garb, post-prison joblessness, and loss of voting rights now do the stigmatizing work once done by colored-only water fountains and legally segregated schools. With dazzling candor, Alexander argues that we all pay the cost of the new Jim Crow.
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.
Opportunities do not come with their values stamped upon them.
... To face every opportunity of life thoughtfully, and ask its meaning bravely and earnestly, is the only way to meet supreme opportunities when they come, whether open-faced or disguised.