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“There is a great difference between being fearless and being brave.”
“Don't you see? You can't be brave without being afraid. The brave ones are always afraid. But they do what they must, even so.”
“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.”
“Being brave doesn't mean you're not scared.”
“Therefore, when we neglect to fear such a brittle monstrosity, we render it powerless.”
“I'm not brave,' Ava replied huskily. 'If you only knew how afraid I really am. Sometimes I think I am afraid of everything.' 'But isn't that what being brave is all about? Being afraid, but doing i...”
“We never know how high we areTill we are called to rise;And then, if we are true to plan,Our statures touch the skies.The heroism we reciteWould be a daily thing,Did not ourselves the cubits warpFo...”
“Heroes are people who face down their fears. It is that simple. A child afraid of the dark who one day blows out the candle; a women terrified of the pain of childbirth who says, 'It is time to bec...”
“Who is the brave man--he who feels no fear? If so, then bravery is but a polite term for a mind devoid of rationality and imagination.”
“There's no shame in fear. But understand this - the coward is ruled by fear, while the hero rides it like a wild stallion.”
“No one conquers fear easily, Robert. It takes a brave heart to win great battles.”
“That's all that brave means - not thinking about the dangers. Just thinking about what you must do. Of course you were frightened. I was too, today. But you kept your mind on what you had to do.”
“Let's not be afraid...there is always a step after the last step.”
“If a person cannot swim across the river, he must take the bridge. He is not afraid of the water or worried that he may drown. But he takes the bridge out of necessity. It is a fact. To fear or wor...”
“Brave the skeletons, darling.”
“To know a species, look at its fears. To know yourself, look at your fears. Fear in itself is not important, but fear stands there and points you in the direction of things that are important. Don'...”
“One nurse thought I was "brave." I think she was talking about my steely-eyed, grin-and-bear-it kind of attitude. There were no tears, no complaints from me - a total lack of affect. In a victim, i...”
“There is a sentiment common among most of us when it comes to loveletting go can feel scary.”
“There are two things we should always be 1. raw and 2. ready. When you are raw, you are always ready and when you are ready you usually realize that you are raw. Waiting for perfection is not an an...”
“That's what we did, didn't we, Audrey? We learned to be brave when it was easier to be afraid.”
