"Break the rules. Be a fighter. Any dream is possible if you are brave enough to do it YOUR way."
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"The brave man is not the one who has no fears, he is the one who triumphs over his fears."
"Ahimsa is an attribute of the brave. Cowardice and ahimsa don't go together any more that water and fire."
"You are so brave and quiet I forget you are suffering."
"Be fearless, be brave, be bold, love yourself"
"The only time a man can be brave is when he is afraid."
"You'll never do a whole lot unless you're brave enough to try."
"Death is a supple suitor, that wins at last. It is a stealthy wooing; conducted first by pallid innuendos and dim approach, but brave at last with bugles."
"Four: Be brave Tris. The first time is always the hardest."
"I’m not brave any more darling. I’m all broken. They’ve broken me."
"Usually we think that brave people have no fear. The truth is that they are intimate with fear."
"God is the brave man's hope, and not the coward's excuse."
"May every soul that touches mine - be it the slightest contact - get there from some good; some little grace; one kindly thought; one aspiration yet unfelt; one bit of courage for the darkening sky; one gleam of faith to brave the thickening ills of life; one glimpse of brighter skies beyond the gathering mists - to make this life worthwhile."
"The decision to relax rather than to grip, even in the face of impatience or fear, is a conscious and brave choice."
"I am a friend to any brave and gallant outlaw."
"I knew that if I allowed fear to overtake me, my journey was doomed. Fear, to a great extent, is born of a story we tell ourselves, and so I chose to tell myself a different story from the one women are told. I decided I was safe. I was strong. I was brave. Nothing could vanquish me."
"Be brave, be bold, be free."
"Just about every great, brave or beautiful thing in our culture was created by someone who didn't do it for money."
"I’d rather apologize than to be so timid as to never try to do anything smart or brave."
"For a brave man deserves a well-endowed girl."
"Great suffering brings with it the power of great endurance. When sorrow is deepest all the forces of patience and courage are banded together to do their duty. So while we are cowards before petty troubles, great sorrows make us brave by rousing our truer manhood."