#bravery

If you don't take risks, you'll have a wasted soul. ↗

— Drew Barrymore

#bravery #carpe-diem #risk #risks #soul

We never know how high we are Till we are called to rise; And then, if we are true to plan, Our statures touch the skies. The heroism we recite Would be a daily thing, Did not ourselves the cubits warp For fear to be a king. ↗

— Emily Dickinson

#confidence #fear #poetry #self #heroism

Tessa touched his wrist lightly with her hand. "Be brave," she said. "It's not a duck, is it? ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#bravery #clockwork-princess #ducks #tessa-gray #william-herondale

We believe in bravery. We believe in taking action. We believe in freedom from fear and in acquiring the skills to force the bad out of our world so that the good can prosper and thrive. If you also believe in those things, we welcome you. ↗

— Veronica Roth

#bravery #freedom

The world is ruled by cowards and cravens; brave men have put them there. ↗

— Damon Meredith

#coward #cowardice #government #leaders #leadership

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. ↗

— Teri Hall

#fear #teri-hall #the-line #bravery

The bitterest creature under heaven is the wife who discovers that her husband's bravery is only bravado, that his strength is only a uniform, that his power is but a gun in the hands of a fool. ↗

— Pearl S. Buck

#bravado #bravery #creature #discovers #fool

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

— Omar N. Bradley

#capacity #death #even #half #perform

I still when I wake up hit the ground running; and having an illness, I'm only one of hundreds of thousands of people that live with an illness, and I'm just in awe of the bravery and dignity of the people I see at the hospital. ↗

— Karen Duffy

#bravery #dignity #ground #having #hit

Bravery is believing in yourself, and that thing nobody can teach you. ↗

— El Cordobes

#bravery #nobody #teach #thing #you