Proximity to power has an unsurprising ability to mutate a politician’s spinal cord into bright yellow jelly.

And one has to understand that braveness is not the absence of fear but rather the strength to keep on going forward despite the fear.

It doesn’t matter. I’ll keep saying it until you do.

I like to call a spade a spade in politics and in everything else. That’s why the zionists and the americans…The top officials hate Saddam Hussein.The White House is lying once again. He’s a liar.He’s...

Boldness be my friend.

Mission motto, sir,” said Carrot cheerfully. “Morituri Nolumus Mori. Rincewind suggested it.””I imagine he did,” said Lord Vetinari, observing the wizard coldly. “And would you care to give us a colloquial translation, Mr Rincewind?””Er…” Rincewind...

I salute his bravery.

Only the brave men and women can bring peace to the world, not by practicing war but by practicing nonviolence.

Fiction is written with reality and reality is written with fiction. We can write fiction because there is reality and we can write reality because there is fiction; everything we consider today to be myth...

Let Ian laugh. Let him believe pain will ruin me. I know better. I’ve already been ruined once, and I know how to rise from the ashes. I know how to find my broken pieces.

He knew one thing only, and it was beyond fear or reason: He was not going to die crouching here like a child playing hide-and-seek; he was not going to die kneeling at Voldemort’s feet...

Courage is found in unlikely places.

He who is a firstling is ever sacrificed.

Bless God, he went as soldiers,His musket on his breast—Grant God, he charge the bravestOf all the martial blest!Please God, might I behold himIn epauletted white—I should not fear the foe then—I should not fear...

I find my greatest strength in wanting to be strong and my greatest bravery in deciding to be brave….If there’s no feeling of fear then there’s no need for courage.

…because I went to London on my own, and because I went to solved the mystery of Who Killed Wellington? and I found my mother and I was brave and I wrote a book and...

You know what I know, Mally. Now you must decide what to believe.

There is any amount of love and good in the world, but you must search for it. Being misunderstood is one of the trials we all must bear. I think that even the most common-minded...

I have a little theory that I’d like to air here, if I may. What is it that you think makes you magicians?” More silence. Fogg was well into rhetorical-question territory now anyway. He spoke...

My little donkey, if I hadn’t shown up, your fate would have been sealed. Love has saved you. Is there anything else that could erase the innate fears of a donkey and send him to...

He felt ready to face the devil, and strutted in the ballroom with the swagger of a cavalier.

As for men, they must learn bravery and live for Pleasure and for Beauty. More important than those two things should stand only one thing for him… Honor. A man’s honor should be more sacred...

poor boy! I never knew you, Yet I think I could not refuse this moment to die for you, if that would save you

Those who can truly be accounted brave are those who best know the meaning of what is sweet in life and what is terrible, and then go out, undeterred, to meet what is to come.

…if you spent all your time being protected, you never got to find out anything new.

We had no one else to learn this from- none of our parents were shining examples of relationship success- so we learned this from each other: when someone you love needs you to, you can...

No matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something real happens.

Emeth came walking forward into the open strip of grass between the bonfire and the Stable. His eyes were shining, his face was solemn, his hand was on his sword-hilt, and he carried his head...

Your attempt was valiant, but the fight was unfair. He was a seasoned warrior, fully armored. You were a lad with a short sword. You have a brave heart. That can be more important than...

‎”You shouldn’t feel so bad about being afraid of so many things.” “Why not?” “Because if you weren’t afraid never ever, then you couldn’t be brave never ever.

If you don’t make a few ememies now and then, you’re a coward-or worse. Besides, it as worth it to see his reaction. Oh, he was angry!- Angela to Eragon

I won’t die. I won’t give those ghouls the pleasure. I’ll live and grow strong. I’ll escape, then hunt them down and make them suffer.

Wisdom equals knowledge plus courage. You have to not only know what to do and when to do it, but you have to also be brave enough to follow through.

You can’t throw kindling on a fire and deny you kept it burning. And right now, cowardice is that kindling.

Bravery comes one day at a time.

No importa si no te entienden, lo que importa es que tengas el valor de decirlo.

Dare to courageous in life.You have nothing to lose.

Once,” Fran says, settling against the worktable, folding her arms, “I knew this kid who very bravely and bossily came out of the closet when she was only fourteen years old. She told me then...

Being brave means that knowing when you fail, you won’t fail forever.

Oh! Be men, or be more than men. Be steady to your purposes and firm as a rock. This ice is not made of such stuff as your hearts may be; it is mutable and...

I feel the fear, but I walk fast toward it.

I remember Cannae,” she said, raising her head, “when we thought all was lost. Carthage had defeated us, and there were those who gave up hope. Yet we survived, by our fortitude, and by believing...

He was fond of saying, “There is a bravery of the priest as well as the bravery of a colonel of dragoons,–only,” he added, “ours must be tranquil.

The opposite of bravery is not cowardice but conformity.

But he went on. I expect you to do the same.

Screw your courage to the sticking-place

It is through strength of character, not luck, do we form the predictable path of our future.

It’s about everyone watching! Everyone who now seeshurling themselves into the chasm as a viable option. I mean, why not do it if everyonecalls you a hero afterward? Why not do it if everyone will...

The time for revolt is now, and the time for revolt is always!

Bravery is good when the cause is good.