Quotes about Bravery

Here is no choice but either do or die.

My father had no fear. He wasn't afraid of any man on earth.

I have no fear of anyone.

The way in which a man accepts his fate and all the suffering it entails, the way in which he takes up his cross, gives him ample opportunity—even under the most difficult circumstances—to add a deeper meaning to his life. It may remain brave, dignified and unselfish. Or in the bitter fight for self-preservation he may forget his human dignity and become no more than an animal.

may remain brave, dignified and unselfish, or in the bitter fight for self-preservation he may forget his human dignity and become no more than an animal.

for tears bore witness that a man had the greatest of courage, the courage to suffer. Only

In accepting this challenge to suffer bravely, life has a meaning up to the last moment, and it retains this meaning literally to the end. In other words, life's meaning is an unconditional one, for it even includes the potential meaning of unavoidable suffering.

Fear no more, says the heart.

And then she said to herself, brandishing her sword at life, nonsense.

He was drowned, he used to say, and lying on a cliff with gulls screaming over him. He would look over the edge of the sofa down into the sea. Or he was hearing music… But "Lovely!" he used to cry and the tears would run down his cheeks, which was to her the most dreadful thing of all, to see a man like Septimus, who had fought, who was brave, crying. And he would lie listening until suddenly he would cry that he was falling down, down into the flames!

I strike spurs into my horse. Against you I will fling myself, unvanquished and unyielding, O Death!

Facing a situation head on was the only way to deal with anything. I learned the lesson early.