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“We can't be brave without fear.” Muhammad Ali, The Soul of a Butterfly
“To try to be brave is to be brave.” George MacDonald, At the Back of the North Wind
“Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.” William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
“We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.” Veronica Roth, Divergent
“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.” Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom
“Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.” William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure
“There is no living thing that is not afraid when it faces danger. The True courage is in facing danger when you are afraid, and that kind of courage you have in plenty.” L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
“The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom
“There’s no shame in fear, my father told me, what matters is how we face it.” George R. R. Martin, A Clash of Kings
“It must require bravery to be honest all the time.” Veronica Roth, Divergent
“Cruelty does not make a person dishonest, the same way bravery does not make a person kind.” Veronica Roth, Insurgent
“It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.” J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
“People glorify all sorts of bravery except the bravery they might show on behalf of their nearest neighbors.” George Eliot, Middlemarch
“selflessness and bravery aren't all that different.” Veronica Roth, Divergent
“O, that's a brave man! He writes brave verses, speaks brave words, swears brave oaths, and breaks them bravely, quite traverse, athwart the heart of his lover;” William Shakespeare, As You Like It
“A brave man acknowledges the strength of others” Veronica Roth, Divergent
“That which in mean men we entitle patience is pale cold cowardice in noble breasts.” William Shakespeare, Richard II
“The strong cannot be brave. Only the weak can be brave; and yet again, in practice, only those who can be brave can be trusted, in time of doubt, to be strong.” G. K. Chesterton, Heretics
“There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.” Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
“Yield not thy neck to fortune's yoke, but let thy dauntless mind still ride in triumph over all mischance.” William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 3
“The trust I have is in mine innocence, and therefore am I bold and resolute.” William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 2
“Yet each man kills the thing he loves, By each let this be heard, Some do it with a bitter look, Some with a flattering word, The coward does it with a kiss, The brave man with a sword!” Oscar Wilde, Ballad of Reading Gaol
“Courage is found in unlikely places” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
“Books! And cleverness! There are more important things — friendship and bravery and — oh Harry — be careful!” J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
“Can a man still be brave if he’s afraid? . . . That is the only time a man can be brave” George R. R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
“When valour preys on reason, it eats the sword it fights with.” William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra
“Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively; unless you can choose a challenge instead of a competence.” Eleanor Roosevelt, The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt
“I shall really be very unhappy unless you give me the sort of courage that makes one forget he is afraid.” L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
“I'm very brave generally . . . only to-day I happen to have a headache.” Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass
“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 cannot withstand you if you say that it shall not.” Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
“Without a sign his sword the brave man draws, And asks no omen but his country's cause.” Homer, Iliad
“So cowards fight when they can fly no further; so doves do peck the falcon's piercing talons; so desperate thieves, all hopeless of their lives, breathe out invectives 'gainst the officers.” William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 3
“my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived.” Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
“In a false quarrel there is no true valour.” William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing
“There is a lot more in him than you guess, and a deal more than he has any idea of himself.” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
“The rest of it—and perhaps the best of it—is a permission slip: you can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.” Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“Even brave men, and D'Arnot was a brave man, are sometimes frightened by solitude.” Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes
“What I took out of them was that character was measured by facing up to difficult situations and that a hero was a man who would not break even under the most trying circumstances.” Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom
“Let us gather together in the great cities, and light huge bonfires of a million gas-jets, and shout and sing together, and feel brave.” Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men in a Boat
“Always do what you are afraid to do.” Ralph Waldo Emerson, Heroism
“We'll bury him; and then, what's brave, what's noble, let's do it after the high Roman fashion, and make death proud to take us.” William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra

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