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“Is a man a coward if he realizes that bravery is just a myth the old tell the young so they line up for the meatgrinder?”
Pierce Brown (born 1988) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I will now hope for the near impossible: that the essence of her bravery, the dedication and suffering she afforded those she loved, and above all that indomitable will to have a good laugh no matter where the stones fell, will be as indelible to the reader as they are to me.”
Max Evans (author) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In order to destroy one army, another army is necessary, and this ipmlies training, discipline, and arms. Freternity and bravery do not make an army. Witness Spain, and the Paris Commune.”
Régis Debray (born 1940) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“And one more thing about the Croats in World War II. To go to war as a Croat in 1941 and 1942 was an act of incredible bravery and adventure, something that is difficult to describe in words, something that has no graphic form. Croats weren’t persecuted in the way Serbs and Jews were.”
Zoran Milanović (born 1966) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Address at the Antifascist Struggle Day commemoration in Brezovica Memorial Park" (22 June 2021)
“Stand-up created a platform to weave a story together and trust my own ideas… it gave me a deep sense of bravery as a performer. To be on stage and have a joke fail miserably, and realizing that the world continues to spin. I can get them back in the next breath.”
Jenn Colella (born 1974) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Jenn Colella ready for next destination in high-flying career" in San Francisco Chronicle Datebook (2020-02-27)
“Never forgotten the impact and bravery of those students, nor my commitment to use my voice to build a stronger and more equitable community for all people.”
Jackie Biskupski (born 1966) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Bravery cannot be taught, but duty can.”
Esther Friesner (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My lady, I shudder to meet so much blind enthusiasm in one soul. It is dangerous when bravado envelops bravery.”
Esther Friesner (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The achievements we have made in the past 70 years since the founding of the PRC is not a windfall or a handout from others. Neither was it made by engaging in military expansion or colonial exploitation. Instead, it has been achieved through the hard work, wisdom and bravery of the Chinese people, as well as through our win–win cooperation with the world since Reform and Opening Up.”
Wei Fenghe (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Inkotanyi is not just a title—it is bravery. It is responding without hesitation. Rwanda is a lesson in resilience and a place blessed by God,”
Aline Gahongayire (born 1986) first seen 2026 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Rwanda is More Than a Nation, It Is History and Legacy - Aline GahongayireInyarwanda.com (27/04/2026)
“I can't Just speak about bravery, I have to speak about fear.”
Jodi Bieber (born 1966) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I wonder if this is what bravery is: adrenaline plus love plus absolute stupidity.”
Katie Coyle (born 1985) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Because of the high rates of maternal mortality, a coping mechanism among Ugandan women is to consider pregnancy as being about bravery and fortitude”
Annettee Nakimuli wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“So yes to the money, and to the bravery of saying, ‘Tell this story even if it has never been done before”
Zikhona Sodlaka (born 1985) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A satirist, often in danger himself, has the bravery of knowing that to withhold wit's conjecture is to endanger the species.”
Penelope Gilliatt (1932–1993) first seen 1990 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: To Wit: Skin and Bones of Comedy (New York: Scribner's and Macmillan, 1990), captioning an image of Lenny Bruce
“Bravery, ambition, empowerment, nurturing, passion, drive, optimism, joy, collaboration, vision, celebration, encouragement, pioneering, and kindness.”
Rosanne Meo (born 1940) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The most important message is that bravery doesn't have a size or age”
Zulaikha Patel (born 2003) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Bravery can co-exist with fear”
Zulaikha Patel (born 2003) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Fear, anxiety, self doubt is normal. But at the end of the day, bravery is doing it regardless.”
Zulaikha Patel (born 2003) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Activist Zulaikha Patel shares her journey of writing Brave Like Me 31 March,2025
“To escape is impossible, to surrender is unthinkable. Let us fight with bravery and honor our arms.”
John Hunyadi (1407–1456) first seen 1001 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Shortly before the Battle of Varna (10 November 1444). Attributed in R. G. Grant (ed.) 1001 Battles that Changed the Course of History (London: Cassell Illustrated, 2011) p. 224
“Going into any pageant—most especially Miss Universe—changes you. It makes you stronger, braver, and more ready to face whether else comes after the pageant. Going into something like that, it takes a lot of bravery. And you become more confident in who you are. You learn how you can help others around you.”
Rachel Peters (born 1991) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ganal, FM (December 8, 2017). Rachel Peters plans to "take it easy" after failed Miss Universe bid. Philippine Entertainment Portal. December 20, 2025.
“When asked what good the laws of Lycurgus had brought to Sparta, he replied, “Contempt of pleasure;” and in answer to the question how he acquired his great reputation for bravery, “By contemning death.” Agis II made the same answer when asked how a man could be always free.”
Agesilaus II (444–360 BC) said by 360 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I cherish the strength, kindness, and bravery my grandma embodied, and I hope you grow to reflect those qualities. We waited for you, and you are such a precious gift to our family. We love you Baby Raya Layla 😘,”
Yasmien Kurdi (born 1989) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: LOOK: Yasmien Kurdi’s daughter Raya Layla turns 1, Nikka Sabio, Push Team 29 April 2025.
“I want to take a moment to express my heartfelt gratitude to each of you who has reached out to share your stories about your children facing bullying. Your bravery in opening up means so much to me, and it’s a reminder of the challenges so many families are facing,”
Yasmien Kurdi (born 1989) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Yasmien Kurdi to meet with DepEd Secretary for anti-bullying campaign, Drew Acierto 17 December 2024.
“We are so obsessed with sustaining a view of our individual selves as fundamentally decent that we seldom examine ourselves fully because self-examination requires a moral bravery that is in short supply.”
Eusebius McKaiser (1978–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Retrospection and bravery are important where passion is involved”
Bonko Khoza (born 1991) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Studying dictatorship and writing about it and analysing it is something that requires either madness or bravery”
Nuruddin Farah (born 1945) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“They are having the experience of caring about connecting through language in one particular way in a motivational setting: the Duke graded classroom. I hope they can take from that the bravery to be passionate about something that comes from their core.”
Tsitsi Ella Jaji first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Introduction to Poetry with Professor Tsitsi Jaji,Duje, (11 December 2019)
“Ah! make not thyself a eunuch, become not a monk, Because chastity is mortgaged to lust. Without lust, denial of lust is impossible, No man can display bravery against the dead.”
Rumi (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We regret to learn from Gettysburg Hospital that Charles Webber, of the Fourteenth Regiment, who lost the fingers from his right hand, died from erysipelas in the wound on Sunday night. He was a good soldier, and admired by his comrades for his bravery.”
Charles Frederick Webber (1825–1863) said by 1863 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The bravery of his grief did put me Into a towering passion.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“But who is this, what thing of sea or land,-- Female of sex it seems,-- That so bedeck'd, ornate, and gay, Comes this way sailing Like a stately ship Of Tarsus, bound for th' isles Of Javan or Gadire, With all her bravery on, and tackle trim, Sails fill'd, and streamers waving, Courted by all the winds that hold them play, An amber scent of odorous perfume Her harbinger?”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Sit with closed eyes in the early morning. Meditate on courage, the opposite of fear, for half an hour. Think of the advantages of courage and the disadvantages of fear.”
Swami Sivananda (1887–1963) said by 1963 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You must not only discard the Shastras, you must deny their authority, as did Buddha and Nanak. You must have courage to tell the Hindus that what is wrong with them is their religion—the religion which has produced in them this notion of the sacredness of Caste. Will you show that courage?”
B. R. Ambedkar (1891–1956) said by 1956 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Justice is not available to all equally; it is something that many of us must struggle to achieve. As an elected official, I know that fighting for what is just is not always popular but it is necessary; that is the real challenge that public servants face and it is where courage counts the most. Without courage, our action or inaction results in suffering of the few and injustice for all.”
Hilda Solis (born 1957) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Immigrant's daughter Solis to lead Labor Dept (December 19, 2008)
“Living isn't courage, knowing that you're living, that's courage (p16)”
Clarice Lispector (1920–1977) said by 1977 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[American] conformism might approximate collectivism, not so much in economic respects, and not too much in political respects, but very much in the pattern of daily life and thought. Whether this will happen or not, and if it does to what degree, is partly dependent on the power of resistance in those who represent the opposite pole of the courage to be, the courage to be as oneself.”
Paul Tillich (1886–1965) said by 1965 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To save the world requires faith and courage: faith in reason, and courage to proclaim what reason shows to be true.”
Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) said by 1970 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world, and moral courage so rare.”
Mark Twain (1835–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Mark Twain in Eruption: Hitherto Unpublished Pages About Men and Events (1940) edited by Bernard DeVoto
“Really, one of us ought to have the courage to call the experiment off and shoulder the responsibility for the decision, but the majority reckons that that kind of courage would be a sign of cowardice, and the first step in a retreat. They think it would mean an undignified surrender for mankind — as if there was any dignity in floundering and drowning in what we don't understand and never will.”
Stanisław Lem (1921–2006) said by 2006 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The courage to cooperate or initiate are based entirely on the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth as the divine mind within you tells you the truth is. It really does require a courage and a self-disciplining to go along with that truth.”
Buckminster Fuller (1895–1983) said by 1983 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If I am to be known for anything, I would like it to be for encouraging Canadians, for knowing a little bit about their daily, extraordinary courage. And for wanting that courage to be recognized.”
Romeo LeBlanc (1927–2009) first seen 1995 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Source: installation speech, February 8, 1995
“Atheists have the intellectual courage to accept reality for what it is: wonderfully and shockingly explicable. As an atheist, you have the moral courage to live to the full the only life you’re ever going to get: to fully inhabit reality, rejoice in it, and do your best finally to leave it better than you found it.”
Richard Dawkins (born 1941) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Many people today believe that cynicism requires courage. Actually, cynicism is the height of cowardice. It is innocence and open-heartedness that requires the true courage -- however often we are hurt as a result of it.”
Erica Jong (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is not by recognizing the want of courage in someone else that you acquire courage yourself..”
Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951) said by 1951 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Courage that grows from constitution very often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it, and when it is only a kind of instinct in the Soul breaks out on all occasions without judgment or discretion. That courage which proceeds from the sense of our duty, and from the fear of offending Him that made us, acts always in a uniform manner, and according to the dictates of right reason.”
Joseph Addison (1672–1719) said by 1719 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The courage of New England was the "courage of conscience." It did not rise to that insane and awful passion, the love of war for itself.”
Rufus Choate (1799–1859) first seen 1834 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Address at Ipswich Centennial (1834).
“Courage, mon ami, le diable est mort! / Take courage, my friend, the devil is dead!”
Charles Reade (1814–1884) said by 1884 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Courage is the main quality of leadership, in my opinion, no matter where it is exercised. Usually it implies some risk — especially in new undertakings. Courage to initiate something and to keep it going, pioneering an adventurous spirit to blaze new ways, often, in our land of opportunity.”
Walt Disney (1901–1966) said by 1966 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in The Magic of Teamwork (1997) by Pat Williams
“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 (1856–1919) said by 1919 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source