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Brave Quotes

Courage under real, sometimes historical, pressure.

This collection leans historical and reflective - honor tied to death in service, duty toward brave men under command, and a demanding film shoot at 12,000 feet that tested an actor's endurance. Related: Bravery.

It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.

Quotes by Aesop

Pictures of Amazons on vase paintings always show them as beautiful, active, spirited, courageous, and brave.

Quotes by Adrienne Mayor

Wale means to arrive home. So the crown has arrived home. Akin is warrior or brave man. Nuoye is a brave man of chieftaincy and Agbaje means wealth and prosperity.

Quotes by Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

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

Abraham Lincoln

Bold Quotes

If success attends my steps, honor and glory await my name-if defeat, still shall it be said we died like brave men, and conferred honor, even in death, on the American Name.

Quotes by Zebulon Pike

My duty to the army and to the republic whose battles we were waging forbade me assuming a position of seeming hostility to any portion of the brave men under my command.

Quotes by Zachary Taylor

What I love about Sade other than her smooth and sultry voice is her willingness to be vulnerable. As a powerful, strong and beautiful woman of color, she showed her delicate, passionate side in a world where most of us...

Quotes by Wynter Gordon

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

Quotes by William Collins

The only guy that was ever affected by climactic conditions in his acting was Kirk Douglas. He did a superb job in 'Lonely Are the Brave' because we were shooting that picture up at about 12,000 feet, and the rarefied...

Quotes by Walter Matthau

Bravely Quotes

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

Quotes by Wade Davis

Our brave soldiers and support personnel are engaged in a battle as important as any the United States has ever before waged, for the success of democracy in Iraq is a crucial test of the ideals this Nation was founded...

Quotes by Virginia Foxx

Men, we don't need you to be a knight in shining armor. We just need you to be a little bit brave, just a little bit. And some of them are, and that's what he does.

Quotes by Virginia Madsen

For many decades - and this was reinforced by the broadcast networks' standards-and-practices department - bad guys on TV had to get their comeuppance, and good guys had to be brave and true and unconflicted. Those were the laws of...

Quotes by Vince Gilligan

As for advice for aspiring authors, the best I can give is to be brave. It sounds like a simple enough thing, but it's not. Rejection is such an integral part of this journey, and it never goes away.

Quotes by V. E. Schwab

Braver Quotes

It is important for all of us to show our support for the brave men and women in the United States military.

Quotes by Ty Warner

I watched pretty much every coming out video on YouTube that has ever been posted; I watched it in between 14 and a half and 15. Those coming out videos, and those people on YouTube, those brave, brave, brave people...

Quotes by Troye Sivan

Mongolia is a country of rich and ancient heritage, unique culture and astounding natural beauty. It is a land of free and brave, peace-loving and hard-working people.

Quotes by Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj

I cannot support keeping our brave service men and women away from their families without a clear need or purpose that would actively benefit the people of Wisconsin or our nation.

Quotes by Tony Evers

I'm not into makeup or dresses or typically girly things. But to me, those things don't really define what it is to be a female artist in this industry any more. It's being brave and courageous and true to yourself.

Quotes by Tones and I

Bravery Quotes

Welcome to the brave new world of American multiculturalism. From a nation of diverse peoples united by a common culture, we have become a people divided by a common malady.

Quotes by Tom Tancredo

Frequently Asked Questions

What kinds of "brave" quotes are collected here - modern or historical?
A mix. Two quotes are old military-style statements about honor and duty, one is a movie-production anecdote about Kirk Douglas, and one is a modern, general reflection on what makes someone a hero.
Is there a historical quote about facing battle bravely?
Yes - one quote is framed in the language of an earlier era of American military rhetoric: "If success attends my steps, honor and glory await my name-if defeat, still shall it be said we died like brave men, and conferred honor, even in death, on the American Name." It's preserved here as a historical statement about duty and honor, not a modern endorsement of any conflict.
Is there a quote about a military commander's sense of duty?
Yes - one quote reflects on the discipline of command: "My duty to the army and to the republic whose battles we were waging forbade me assuming a position of seeming hostility to any portion of the brave men under my command." It's kept here as a plain historical statement about military duty.
Is there a quote about filming a movie called "Lonely Are the Brave"?
Yes - a behind-the-scenes anecdote mentions Kirk Douglas doing "a superb job in 'Lonely Are the Brave'" despite the challenging conditions of shooting at high altitude.
Is there a modern definition of bravery in this collection?
Yes - "Heroes are never perfect, but they're brave, they're authentic, they're courageous, determined, discreet, and they've got grit," a contemporary take that heroism is about character traits, not perfection. See also our Courage quotes or Bravery quotes pages.

The closing note reframes bravery away from perfection, pairing it instead with authenticity, determination, and grit. See also Bold or Bravely.