BRAVERY

Be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid of them! The Lord your God will go ahead of you. He will neither fail you nor forsake you.

Deuteronomy 31:6

So be strong and take courage, all you who put your hope in the Lord!

Psalm 31:24

The human spirit can endure a sick body, but who can bear it if the spirit is crushed?

Proverbs 18:14

The wicked run away when no one is chasing them, but the godly are as bold as lions.

Proverbs 28:1

The wishbone will never replace the backbone.

Will Henry

He who lacks courage thinks with his legs.

Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. It’s courage that counts.

Coach John Wooden

Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.

James B. Conant

Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death.

Omar Bradley

Courage is fear that has said its prayers.

He who does not dare will not get his share.

There’s only a slight difference between keeping your chin up and sticking your neck out, but it’s a difference worth knowing.

Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake.

Victor Hugo

Don’t be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can’t cross a chasm in two small jumps.

David Lloyd George

Act brave. The world steps aside for the man who acts like he knows where he is going.

D. S. Jordan

A man of courage is also full of faith.

Cicero

When there is no money, half is gone; when there is no courage, all is gone.

Don’t consult a coward about war.

You’d be surprised how often nerve succeeds.

To the brave and true, nothing is difficult.

Lord, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

Reinhold Niebuhr

It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.

Aesop

It’s courage and character that make the difference between players and great players, between great surgeons and ones who bury their mistakes.

Coach Pete Carrol

Courage is the quality of mind that makes us forget how afraid we are.

Courage isn’t a brilliant dash,

A daring deed in a moment’s flash;

It isn’t an instantaneous thing

Born of despair with a sudden spring.

But it’s something deep in the soul of man

That is working always to serve some plan.

Edgar A. Guest

Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others.

Winston Churchill

Bravery is falling but not yielding.

Latin Proverb

When moral courage feels it is in the right, there is no personal daring of which it is incapable.

Leigh Hunt

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.

George S. Patton

Bravery is fear sneering at itself.

Maxwell Bodenheim

True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher.

J. Petit-Senn

It is better to be the widow of a hero than the wife of a coward.

Dolores Ibarruri