Sayings about Bravery

All are brave when the enemy flies.~ Italian Proverbs

A brave man is scared of a lion three times: first when he sees the tracks; second when he hears the first roar; and third when they are face to face.~ Somali Proverbs

Bravery without intelligence is not bravery.~ Arabian Proverb

A brave man will face a situation no matter how dreadful.~ Filipino Proverbs

Some have been thought brave because they didn’t have the courage to run away.~ Traditional Proverb

By a brave endurance of unavoidable evils, we conquer them.~ Latin Proverbs

Bravery without foresight is like a blind horse.~ Iranian Proverbs

To threaten the brave with death is like promising water to a duck.~ Arabian Proverb

To-day stately and brave, to-morrow in the grave.~ Dutch Proverbs

Fortune smiles on the brave, and frowns upon the coward.~ Latin Proverb

The brave person regards dying as going home.~ Chinese Proverb

Who is brave enough to tell the lion that his breath smells? ~ Berber Proverb

A brave man seldom is hurt in the back.~ Bosnian Proverbs

Earth belongs to the brave but heaven to those who deserve it.~ Basque Proverbs

Never share a foxhole with anyone braver than you are. ~ Latin Proverb

Fortune helps the brave.~ Latin Proverb

Be brave, not ferocious.~ Latin Proverb

Not all brave words become deeds.~ Darkovan Proverb

A short sword for a brave man.~ French Proverb

Quotations about Bravery

That man is not truly brave who is afraid either to seem or to be, when it suits him, a coward. ~ Edgar Allan Poe

I’m not funny. What I am is brave. ~Lucille Ball

If God wanted us to be brave, why did He give us legs? ~ Marvin Kitman

The whole earth is the brave man’s country.~ Ovid

The brave venture anything.~ Author Unknown

It is easy to be brave at a safe distance. ~ Aesop

Bravery is being the only one who knows you’re afraid. ~ Franklin P. Jones

There is no such thing as bravery; only degrees of fear. ~John Wainwright

‘Tis not too late to-morrow to be brave. ~ John Armstrong

Physical courage, which engages all danger, will make a person brave in one way; and moral courage, which defies all opinion, will make a person brave in another.~ Charles Caleb Colton

A brave arm makes a short sword long. ~ Author Unknown

Bravery is knowledge of the cowardice of the enemy. ~ Edgar Watson Howe

Courage is finding the inner strength and bravery required when confronting danger, difficulty, or opposition. ~ Cherie Carter-Scott

Let us be brave in the face of adversity.~ Marcus Annaeus Seneca

There are all kinds of courage. 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

The brave man, if he be compared with the coward, seems foolhardy; and, if with the foolhardy man, seems a coward. ~ Aristotle

Everyone became brave from excess of terror. ~ Gustave Flaubert

The brave don’t live forever, but the cautious don’t live at all. Here’s to the brave!~ Timothy Luce

None but the brave deserve the fair.~ John Dryden

he brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. ~ Nelson Mandela

The brave man is an inspiration to the weak, and compels them, as it were, to follow him. ~ Samuel Smiles

You shout because it makes you brave or you want to announce your recklessness. ~ Don Delillo

The brave person thinks of himself last of all.~ Johann Friedrich Von Schiller

God helps the brave.~ Johann Friedrich Von Schiller

If you want to see the brave, look at those who can forgive.~ Bhagavad Gita

It is easier to die bravely than to live so. ~ Christian Nestell Bovee

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.~ Marcus Annaeus Seneca

Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened. ~ Billy Graham

You look at a guy who’s being brave. He’s afraid, or he wouldn’t be brave. If he isn’t afraid, he’s stupid.~ Joe Torre

All brave men love; for he only is brave who has affections to fight for, whether in the daily battle of life, or in physical contests.~ Nathaniel Hawthorne

Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.~ Algernon Sidney

We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.~ Helen Keller

Be brave enough to accept the help of others.~ Melba Colgrove

Bravery comes along as a gradual accumulation of discipline. ~ Buzz Aldrin

He who is brave is free.~ Marcus Annaeus Seneca

It is always brave to say what everyone thinks.~ George Duhamel