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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.
Sep 10, 2025
I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.
It requires more courage to suffer than to die.
To live with fear and not be afraid is the final test of maturity.
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by doing the thing which you think you cannot do.
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.
Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away.
The opposite of bravery is not cowardice but conformity.
Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.
You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.
Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.
Anyone can hide. Facing up to things, working through them, that's what makes you strong.
It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.
The only time a man can be brave is when he is afraid.
Bravery never goes out of fashion.
A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.
Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.
It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.
Courage is fear that has said its prayers and decided to go forward anyway.
The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy.
Courage is fear that has said its prayers.
It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived.
Courage can't see around corners but goes around them anyway.
Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.
The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding go out to meet it.
We need to look at [Osama bin Laden killing ] as a great victory for the American military and intelligence personnel and for the American people. A lot of bravery and courage displayed by those folks on behalf of all of us. It's also a good day for the administration. I think President [Barack] Obama and his national security team acted on the intelligence when it came in, and they deserve a lot of credit, too.
Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.
Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.
Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.
Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.
Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.
Never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.
Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never -- in nothing, great or small, large or petty -- never give in, except to convictions of honor and good sense.
Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway.
You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.
It's the easiest thing in the world for a man to deceive himself.
Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.
Watching the spontaneous acts of kindness, compassion, and generosity, courage, and bravery in the aftermath of the Boston marathon bombings was so deeply moving. It is in our nature to want to help, to serve, to be part of something larger than ourselves. We have a desire to connect with others. We want to make a difference in the world. I would call this a spiritual longing to be whole, interrelated, interconnected.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than exposure.
Courage is doing what you are afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you are scared.
He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.
The truly good and wise man will bear all kinds of fortune in a seemly way, and will always act in the noblest manner that the circumstances allow.
Courage is not the absence of fear; it is the absence of self.
Courage is not the absence of fear...
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that
Courage is not the absence of fear, but the mastery of it.