Fortune and love favor the brave.
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) (c.43 BCE–c.18 CE) Roman Poet
I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‘Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.
—Thomas Paine (1737–1809) American Nationalist, Author, Pamphleteer, Radical, Inventor
God himself favors the brave.
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) (c.43 BCE–c.18 CE) Roman Poet
We believe faith and freedom must be our guiding stars, for they show us truth, they make us brave, give us hope, and leave us wiser than we were.
—Ronald Reagan (1911–2004) American Head of State
The brave find a home in every land.
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) (c.43 BCE–c.18 CE) Roman Poet
We must do our duty and convince the world that we are just friends and brave enemies
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) American Head of State, Lawyer
It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.
—Aesop (620–564 BCE) Greek Fabulist
A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.
—Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869–1948) Indian Hindu Political leader
The brave man, indeed, calls himself lord of the land, through his iron, through his blood.
—Ernst Moritz Arndt (1769–1860) German Poet, Patriot
The truly brave, When they behold the brave oppressed with odds, Are touched with a desire to shield and save:—A mixture of wild beasts and demi-gods Are they—now furious as the sweeping wave, Now moved with pity; even as sometimes nods The rugged tree unto the summer wind, Compassion breathes along the savage mind.
—Lord Byron (George Gordon Byron) (1788–1824) English Romantic Poet
How well Horatius kept the bridge In the brave days of old.
—Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay (1800–59) English Historian, Essayist, Philanthropist
Brave men were living before Agamemnon.
—Lord Byron (George Gordon Byron) (1788–1824) English Romantic Poet
No man can be brave who thinks pain the greatest evil; nor temperate, who considers pleasure the highest god.
—Cicero (106BCE–43BCE) Roman Philosopher, Orator, Politician, Lawyer
Bravery is being the only one who knows you’re afraid.
—Franklin P. Jones
Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.
—Cicero (106BCE–43BCE) Roman Philosopher, Orator, Politician, Lawyer
Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death.
—Omar Bradley (1893–1981) American Military Leader
Tell a man he is brave, and you help him to become so.
—Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish Historian, Essayist
Without a sign, his sword the brave man draws, and asks no omen, but his country’s cause.
—Homer (751–651 BCE) Ancient Greek Poet
Bravery never goes out of style.
—William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–63) English Novelist
The coward calls the brave man rash, the rash man calls him a coward.
—Aristotle (384BCE–322BCE) Ancient Greek Philosopher, Scholar
Girls are like apples…the best ones are at the top of the trees. The boys don’t want to reach for the good ones because they are afraid of falling and getting hurt. Instead, they just get the rotten apples that are on the ground that aren’t as good, but easy. So the apples at the top think there is something wrong with them, when, in reality, they are amazing. They just have to wait for the right boy to come along, the one who’s brave enough to climb all the way to the top of the tree…
—Unknown
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
Ideas must work through the brains and the arms of good and brave men, or they are no better than dreams.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
The brave love mercy, and delight to save.
—John Gay (1685–1732) English Poet, Dramatist
He who is brave is free.
—Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) (c.4 BCE–65 CE) Roman Stoic Philosopher, Statesman, Tragedian
At the bottom of a good deal of the bravery that appears in the world there lurks a miserable cowardice. Men will face powder and steel because they cannot face public opinion.
—Edwin Hubbell Chapin (1814–80) American Preacher, Poet
And old rat is a brave rat.
—French Proverb
We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.
—Helen Keller (1880–1968) American Author
Toil for the brave! The brave that are no more.
—William Cowper (1731–1800) English Anglican Poet, Hymn writer
Brave men are brave from the very first.
—Pierre Corneille (1606–84) French Poet, Dramatist
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