"Any danger spot is tenable if men, brave men, will make it so."
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"I have a theory that selflessness and bravery aren't all that different."
"There are three marks of a superior man: being virtuous, he is free from anxiety; being wise, he is free from perplexity; being brave, he is free from fear."
"Have the courage to take your own thoughts seriously, for they will shape you."
"Sometimes bravery is as simple as following your gut."
"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."
"To stand up on a stage alone with an acoustic guitar requires bravery bordering on heroism. Bordering on insanity."
"Bravery is not the absence of fear. Bravery is the ability to operate effectively even while totally terrified."
"Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts."
"He who is brave is free."
"To believe yourself brave is to be brave; it is the one only essential thing."
"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."
"Moral courage is more a rare commodity than bravery in a battle or great intelligence."
"True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason."
"It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only by defying it that the brave escape."
"Sometimes, the sun sets earlier. Days don’t last forever, you know. But I’ll fight as hard as I can. I can promise you that."
"Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it."
"Boldness be my friend."
"The brave find a home in every land."
"I am bravery. I am courage. I am valor. I am daring. I am holding a thesaurus."