The coward dies a thousand deaths, the brave man...only five hundred. — Meredith Willson Copy Share Image
“When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.” — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
The truly good and wise man will bear all kinds of fortune in a seemly way, and will always act in the… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The brave man, if he be compared with the coward, seems foolhardy; and, if with the foolhardy man, seems a coward. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
For without belittling the courage with which men have died, we should not forget those acts of courage with which men have… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
[C]ourage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“I'll pray that you grow up a brave man in a brave country. I will pray you find a way to be… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
Familiarity with danger makes a brave man braver, but less daring. Thus with seamen: he who goes the oftenest round Cape Horn… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
Many, who should know better, think that wars can be decided by soulless machines, rather than by the blood and anguish of… — George S. Patton Copy Share Image
If you define cowardice as running away at the first sign of danger, screaming and tripping and begging for mercy, then yes,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Sir, I am not a brave man...The truth is, I am an utter craven coward. I have never been within the sound… — George S. Patton Copy Share Image
Brandon McCaw went on every ride at six flags and 865,789,345,234 people know about this story on 4/14/07. He is the most… — Brandon McCaw Copy Share Image
Many soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan suffer from serious, long-term, physical and mental health problems, due to their service. It is… — Mark Dayton Copy Share Image
“And all men kill the thing they love, By all let this be heard, Some do it with a bitter look, Some… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
They are our brothers, these freedom fighters… They are the moral equal of our Founding Fathers and the brave men and women… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The brave man seeks not popular applause, Nor, overpower'd with arms, deserts his cause; Unsham'd, though foil'd, he does the best he… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
The really heroic thing about Nick Hornby is that he lives in north London and rarely leaves it... Every English writer needs… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
I could have wished that the reputations of many brave men were not to be imperilled in the mouth of a single… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
The brave man is intelligent; he faces danger because he understands it and is prepared to meet it. The drunkard who runs,… — Henry Van Dyke Copy Share Image
“The universal experience of ages, showing that children do grow imperceptibly from the cradle to manhood, did not exist for the countess.… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“If you had to pack your whole life into a suitcase--not just the practical things, like clothing, but the memories of the… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“We got distracted. Ty said I could come to the tasting." "Maddy—" "Please. He's going to put my wine in." David glanced… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
“It wasn't that he had forgotten the lesson Takuan had taught him: the truly brave man is one who loves life, cherishing… — Eiji Yoshikawa Copy Share Image
“Stella explained that when he had arrived, because of his English accent, she had assumed that he was me, and had asked… — Tony Hawks Copy Share Image
“Rostov kept thinking about that brilliant feat of his, which, to his surprise, had gained him the St. George Cross and even… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
On the Avenue in front of the White House were several hundred colored people, mostly women and children, weeping and wailing their… — Gideon Welles Copy Share Image
“He took the hand that wasn’t holding the bouquet of wildflowers and stared at it, holding it so tightly that she thought… — Lorraine Heath Copy Share Image
“Gauguin was a stockbroker in Paris, married, had five kids. One day he came home from work and told his wife he… — James Frey Copy Share Image
“You are to make up your mind whether it is to be God or man. Whether you are to be free or… — Joseph Lewis Copy Share Image
All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened. — George S. Patton Copy Share Image
If free men refused to look at dead bodies then brave men will have died in vain. — John Shaw Billings Copy Share Image