Brave Quotes

These exceptionally powerful brave quotes serve as a reminder of your inherent courage, encouraging you to step out of your comfort zone, embrace the unknown, and conquer adversity with audacity. Unleash your inner warrior and let these deep brave quotes guide your path to triumph. Inspirational brave quotes will ignite hidden spark within you and empower you to tackle any challenge that comes your way. Remember, you are braver than you think!

Best Brave Quotes

The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection. Thomas Paine

Success is not final, failure is not fatal it is the courage to continue that counts. Winston S. Churchill

Take chances, make mistakes. That’s how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave. Mary Tyler Moore

Bran thought about it. Can a man still be brave if he’s afraid? That is the only time a man can be brave, his father told him. George R.R. Martin

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. Nelson Mandela

Fear cuts deeper than swords. George R.R. Martin

The future doesn’t belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave. Ronald Reagan

A brave man acknowledges the strength of others. Veronica Roth

This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave. Elmer Davis

Don’t be afraid of your fears. They’re not there to scare you. They’re there to let you know that something is worth it. C. JoyBell C.

Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative place where no one else has ever been. Alan Alda

Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free. Jim Morrison

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

Scared is what you’re feeling. Brave is what you’re doing. Emma Donoghue

Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts. Aristotle

Courage is found in unlikely places. J.R.R. Tolkien

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

It is not the size of the dog in the fight that counts, but the fight in the dog that wins. Arthur G. Lewis

No one is so brave that he is not disturbed by something unexpected. Julius Caesar

A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave. Mahatma Gandhi

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. Theodore Roosevelt

He who is brave is free. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Listen to the people who love you. Believe that they are worth living for even when you don’t believe it. Seek out the memories depression takes away and project them into the future. Be brave; be strong; take your pills. Exercise because it’s good for you even if every step weighs a thousand pounds. Eat when food itself disgusts you. Reason with yourself when you have lost your reason. Andrew Solomon

Electric communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone who with their soul encourages another person to be brave and true. Charles Dickens

No matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something real happens. Veronica Roth

A brave man is a man who dares to look the Devil in the face and tell him he is a Devil. James A. Garfield

It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived. Harper Lee

Fortune always favors the brave, and never helps a man who does not help himself. P. T. Barnum

She’d also called me brave unless she was talking to the catfish. Rick Riordan

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It is easy to be brave from a safe distance. Aesop

The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams. Oprah Winfrey

Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory. Douglas MacArthur

Keep in mind that many people have died for their beliefs; it’s actually quite common. The real courage is in living and suffering for what you believe. Christopher Paolini

Israel was not created in order to disappear Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom. John F. Kennedy

The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls. Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave. Rainer Maria Rilke

Without fear there cannot be courage Christopher Paolini

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

Tessa touched his wrist lightly with her hand. Be brave, she said. It’s not a duck, is it? Cassandra Clare

Gold is good in its place; but loving, brave, patriotic men are better than gold. Abraham Lincoln

I am my own biggest critic. Before anyone else has criticized me, I have already criticized myself. But for the rest of my life, I am going to be with me and I don’t want to spend my life with someone who is always critical. So I am going to stop being my own critic. It’s high time that I accept all the great things about me. C. JoyBell C.

My countrymen we have reached a turning point in our history. The choice is yours. Shall we venture into this brave new world, bright with possibilities, or retreat to the safety of our familiar but sterile past? I am for crossing the frontier. Ferdinand Marcos

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Brave doesn’t mean you’re not scared. It means you go on even though you’re scared. Angie Thomas

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave. Indira Gandhi

It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare. Mark Twain

I am not a hero but the brave men who died deserved this honor. Ira Hayes

If I am to be fallen into love, I will. And if as a result I will appear to be stupid, disillusioned, and of poor judgment, I will. And I would be damned if I cared what other people think. For I would rather be thought of as all of these things, than not love. If in loving, I become the naked woman on the horse, I will ride that horse with my head held high. This is my spirit. I am unbreakable. C. JoyBell C.

Women desire six things They want their husbands to be brave, wise, rich, generous, obedient to wife, and lively in bed. Geoffrey Chaucer

It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit. J.R.R. Tolkien

Bread without flesh is a good diet, as on many botanical excursions I have proved. Tea also may easily be ignored. Just bread and water and delightful toil is all I need not unreasonably much, yet one ought to be trained and tempered to enjoy life in these brave wilds in full independence of any particular kind of nourishment. John Muir

Every person has the power to change their fate if they are brave enough to fight for what they desire more than anything. Stephanie Garber

He who has mingled in the fray of duty that the brave endure, must have made foes. If you have none, small is the work that you have done. Charles Mackay

One of the greatest regrets in life is being what others would want you to be, rather than being yourself. Shannon L. Alder

It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man. Georges Bernanos

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Before I knew you, I thought brave was not being afraid. You’ve taught me that bravery is being terrified and doing it anyway. Laurell K. Hamilton

In the flush of love’s light, we dare be brave. And suddenly we see that love costs all we are, and will ever be. Yet it is only love which sets us free. Maya Angelou

It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else. Erma Bombeck

Heroes are never perfect, but they’re brave, they’re authentic, they’re courageous, determined, discreet, and they’ve got grit. Wade Davis

Taking no chances means wasting your dreams. Ellen Hopkins

Orwell’s 1984 convinced me, rightly or wrongly, that Marxism was only a quantum leap away from tyranny. By contrast, Huxley’s Brave New World suggested that the totalitarian systems of the future might be subservient and ingratiating. J. G. Ballard

If you don’t take risks, you’ll have a wasted soul. Drew Barrymore

Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience. Paulo Coelho

The bravest thing I ever did was continuing my life when I wanted to die. Juliette Lewis

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

Being brave is when you have to do something because you know it is right, but at the same time, you are afraid to do it, because it might hurt or whatever. But you do it anyway. Meg Cabot

I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death. Leonardo da Vinci

A kind of light spread out from her. And everything changed color. And the world opened out. And a day was good to awaken to. And there were no limits to anything. And the people of the world were good and handsome. And I was not afraid any more. John Steinbeck

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Dream, struggle, create, prevail. Be daring. Be brave. Be loving. Be compassionate. Be strong. Be brilliant. Be beautiful. Caterina Fake

Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway. John Wayne

Be bold, be brave enough to be your true self. Queen Latifah

A chasm reminds us that there is a fine line between bravery and idiocy. Veronica Roth

Being brave isn’t the absence of fear. Being brave is having that fear but finding a way through it. Bear Grylls

We cannot be sure of having something to live for unless we are willing to die for it. Che Guevara

Life is tough, and things don’t always work out well, but we should be brave and go on with our lives. Suga

Nobody who says, I told you so has ever been, or will ever be, a hero. Ursula K. Le Guin

Without a sign, his sword the brave man draws, and asks no omen, but his country’s cause. Homer

When I lost my sight, Werner, people said I was brave. When my father left, people said I was brave. But it is not bravery; I have no choice. I wake up and live my life. Don’t you do the same? Anthony Doerr

Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts. Marcus Tullius Cicero

I used to feel so alone in the city. All those gazillions of people and then me, on the outside. Because how do you meet a new person? I was very stunned by this for many years. And then I realized, you just say, Hi. They may ignore you. Or you may marry them. And that possibility is worth that one word. Augusten Burroughs

I think luck falls on not just the brave but also the ones who believe they belong there. Novak Djokovic

To be brave is to love someone unconditionally, without expecting anything in return. To just give. That takes courage, because we don’t want to fall on our faces or leave ourselves open to hurt. Madonna

Fortune and love favor the brave. Ovid

Never did the world make a queen of a girl who hides in houses and dreams without traveling. Roman Payne

You must be bold, brave, and courageous and find a way to get in the way. John Lewis

Living by faith includes the call to something greater than cowardly self preservation. J.R.R. Tolkien

You’ll never do a whole lot unless you’re brave enough to try. Dolly Parton

I believe that the most important single thing, beyond discipline and creativity is daring to dare. Maya Angelou

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I am lucky that my in laws are incredibly special people and I love them dearly. My father in law is an extraordinary man and my mom in law a beautiful and brave woman. Riya Sen

Don’t be afraid of being scared. To be afraid is a sign of common sense. Only complete idiots are not afraid of anything. Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him. Dwight D. Eisenhower

You can’t be brave if you’ve only had wonderful things happen to you. Mary Tyler Moore

If we take the generally accepted definition of bravery as a quality which knows no fear, I have never seen a brave man. All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened. George S. Patton

Staying silent is like a slow growing cancer to the soul and a trait of a true coward. There is nothing intelligent about not standing up for yourself. You may not win every battle. However, everyone will at least know what you stood for you. Shannon L. Alder

I beg you take courage; the brave soul can mend even disaster. Catherine the Great

Is it not passing brave to be a King and ride in triumph through Persepolis? Christopher Marlowe

I cannot have a man who is afraid of everything, I don’t have the time to soothe insecurities and fears, I cannot have a man who is standing on a stone by a creek, watching for the fish to swim by and every time he sees a fish he says Oh look, this fish scares me, I wonder what this fish means, this fish might mean this, or this fish might mean that for God’s sake, they are just fish, and they don’t mean anything! Such a sad thing, so many fine, strong men standing on top of little stones, pointing at fish all the time! Such a waste! Such a waste of time! I can only have a man who will leap into the water, not minding the damn fish and whatever other little things that scare him. I need to have someone who is braver than me; if I am a pirate, he has to be the pirate Captain, if I am a pirate Captain he has to be the flying dragon. C. JoyBell C.

I’m the daughter of refugees. The immigrant mentality is to work hard, be brave, and never give up in your pursuit of achieving the American dream. Reshma Saujani

Cowards are cruel, but the brave love mercy and delight to save. John Gay

Bravery hides in amazing places. Kiera Cass

The Special Olympics motto, Let me win, but if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt, really speaks to me because it embodies exactly what I have pursued in my life. Really, that’s all any of us can hope for a chance to be brave and to pursue a dream. Hannah Teter

If you build the guts to do something, anything, then you better save enough to face the consequences. Criss Jami

Conscience is the root of all true courage; if a man would be brave let him obey his conscience. James Freeman Clarke

And one has to understand that braveness is not the absence of fear but rather the strength to keep on going forward despite the fear. Paulo Coelho

Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly the perils of war. Thucydides

When you give yourself permission to communicate what matters to you in every situation you will have peace despite rejection or disapproval. Putting a voice to your soul helps you to let go of the negative energy of fear and regret. Shannon L. Alder

Fortune favors the brave. Terence

He who is brave is free. Seneca

It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity. Horace

In case you never get a second chance don’t be afraid! And what if you do get a second chance? You take it! C. JoyBell C.

Danger gleams like sunshine to a brave man’s eyes. Euripides

It is hard to be brave, when you’re only a Very Small Animal. A.A. Milne

Few men are born brave. Many become so through training and force of discipline. Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus

We have to be braver than we think we can be, because God is constantly calling us to be more than we are. Madeleine L’Engle

And the blood of brave men was shed like unto the shedding of rain from a black cloud. Ferdowsi

My point is that love is the most powerful motivator in the world. It spurs mortals to greatness. Their noblest, bravest acts are done for love. Rick Riordan

The brave man inattentive to his duty, is worth little more to his country than the coward who deserts in the hour of danger. Andrew Jackson

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

Being brave enough to just be unapologetic for who you are, that’s a goddess. Banks

Only the brave know how to forgive a coward never forgave; it is not in his nature. Laurence Sterne

Never throw the first punch. If you have to throw the second, try to make sure they don’t get up for a third. Brandon Sanderson

God has given such brave soldiers to this Crown that, if they do not frighten our neighbours, at least they prevent us from being frightened by them. Elizabeth I

The bravest person I know is afraid of the dark. She sleeps with a night lamp always, but if her friends are threatened? She suddenly thinks she’s a bear twelve feet tall and attacks whoever scared her friends. Tamora Pierce

You know, my friends, with what a brave carouse I made a Second Marriage in my house; favored old barren reason from my bed, and took the daughter of the vine to spouse. Omar Khayyam

You have to be the bravest person in the world to go out every day, being yourself when no one likes who you are. Matthew Dicks

We are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of Nature has placed in our power the battle, sir, is not to the strong alone it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Patrick Henry

There are two things we should always be 1. raw and 2. ready. When you are raw, you are always ready and when you are ready you usually realize that you are raw. Waiting for perfection is not an answer, one cannot say I will be ready when I am perfect because then you will never be ready, rather one must say I am raw and I am ready just like this right now, how and who I am. C. JoyBell C.

In the face of patriarchy, it is a brave act indeed for both men and women to embrace, rather than shame or attempt to eradicate, the feminine. Alanis Morissette

Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air. John Quincy Adams

Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle. Gilbert K. Chesterton

The likelihood that your acts of resistance cannot stop the injustice does not exempt you from acting in what you sincerely and reflectively hold to be the best interests of your community. Susan Sontag

The Chinese people are a great people; they are industrious and brave, and they never pause in pursuit of progress. Xi Jinping

To know a species, look at its fears. To know yourself, look at your fears. Fear in itself is not important, but fear stands there and points you in the direction of things that are important. Don’t be afraid of your fears, they’re not there to scare you; they’re there to let you know that something is worth it. C. JoyBell C.

Is this America, the land of the free and the home of the brave, where we have to sleep with our telephones off the hooks because our lives be threatened daily, because we want to live as decent human beings in America? Fannie Lou Hamer

Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying the average person would rather be someone they are not. Mokokoma Mokhonoana

How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country’s wishes blest! William Collins

Heroes may not be braver than anyone else. They’re just braver 5 minutes longer. Ronald Reagan

It took me a long time to learn how to be brave enough to put myself out there and try everything, no matter how strange or silly. If I can impart that same wisdom to other folks no matter what age it would be an honor. Alethea Kontis

If you fear nothing, then you are not brave. You are merely too foolish to be afraid. Laurell K. Hamilton

Necessity makes even the timid brave. Sallust

The attempt to escape from pain, is what creates more pain. Gabor Maté

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

Your heart’s strength is measured by how hard it holds on. Your self worth and faith is measured by finally letting go. However, your peace is measured by how long you don’t look back. Shannon L. Alder

Let us be bold. Let us be brave. Let us be together. Brad Henry

The best work that anybody ever writes is the work that is on the verge of embarrassing him, always. Arthur Miller

There are so many beautiful things that are a part of the world, and I’ve always looked at life that way; I’ve always tried to put on a smile and a brave front, not just for my kids but in my own life and all the difficulties that I’ve gone through. Gloria Estefan

Fearlessness is the first requisite of spirituality. Cowards can never be moral. Mahatma Gandhi

I can feel very brave through all the action scenes in front of the people who are on the set, but when a girl comes close to me my face turns red because I’m so shy. Jet Li

I’m a liar and a cheat and a coward, but I will never, ever, let a friend down. Unless of course not letting them down requires honesty, fair play, or bravery. Mark Lawrence

The only use of an obstacle is to be overcome. All that an obstacle does with brave men is, not to frighten them, but to challenge them. Woodrow Wilson

Courage only counts when you can count. Suzanne Collins

When you’re writing, you’re conjuring. It’s a ritual, and you need to be brave and respectful and sometimes get out of the way of whatever it is that you’re inviting into the room. Tom Waits

In Will’s experience, when someone who ought to be afraid wasn’t, the reason was rarely bravery. Usually it meant that they knew something you didn’t. Cassandra Clare

The brave man, indeed, calls himself lord of the land, through his iron, through his blood. Ernst Moritz Arndt