"The highest flights of charity, devotion, trust, patience, bravery to which the wings of human nature have spread themselves, have been flown for religious ideals."
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"There's no better sign of a brave mind than a hard hand."
"Bravery ceases to be bravery at a certain point, and becomes mere foolhardiness."
"Half of bravery is perspective."
"I have a theory that selflessness and bravery aren't all that different. All your life you've been training to forget yourself, so when you're in danger, it becomes your first instinct"
"Without good humour, learning and bravery can only confer that superiority which swells the heart of the lion in the desert, where he roars without reply, and ravages without resistance. Without good humour virtue may awe by its dignity and amaze by its brightness, but must always be viewed at a distance, and will scarcely gain a friend or attract an imitator."
"Esk felt that bravery was called for, but on a night like this bravery lasted only as long as a candle stayed alight."
"The combat deepens. On, ye brave, Who rush to glory or the grave! Wave, Munich! all thy banners wave, And charge with all thy chivalry!"
"While prudence will endeavor to avoid this issue of war, bravery will prepare to meet it."
"You can't have bravery without fear..."
"Giving your team cover for their cowardice is foolish. Give them a platform for bravery instead."
"Together we hope to establish a standard of Bravery and Kindness, as well as a community worldwide that protects and nurtures others in the face of bullying and abandonment."
"In fact, the Alejandro video...is a celebration of my love and appreciation for the gay community, my admiration of their bravery, and their love for one another, their courage in their relationships."
"For thousands to do to death a few hundreds is no bravery. It is worse than cowardice. It is unworthy of nationalism, of any religion."
"Bravery is not a quality of the body. It is of the soul."
"Unexampled bravery, born of nonviolence, coupled with strict honesty shown by a fair number of Muslims, is sure to infect the whole of India."
"Bravery is not man's monopoly."
"True paurusha, true bravery, consists in driving out the brute in us."
"There can be no friendship between cowards, or cowards and brave men."
"I came in contact with every known Indian anarchist in London. Their bravery impressed me, but I felt that their zeal was misguided. I felt that violence was no remedy for India's ills, and that her civilisation required the use of a different and higher weapon for self-protection. - Hind Swaraj"