Fearless Bravery Quotes & Sayings

Time spent with a cat is never wasted. — Colette

If you weren't scared,
you wouldn't be human,
you wouldn't be brave."
"What do you mean?" I ask.
"If you were fearless,
you wouldn't
need to overcome it.
Bravery means being scared
and going forward
anyway," Fia says.
"That's courage. — Leza Lowitz

I never smile unless I mean it. — Donny Osmond

At eight, he had once told his mother that he wanted to paint air. — Vladimir Nabokov

I know this is scary. You're hungry and cold and you want to give up! But you can't turn on each other! Not now! Show me how brave you can be by pulling together! Do it for each other! That's the trick! Because when you reach out--when you extend yourself for other people-- that's when you're without fear! — Mark Waid

I don't know if she was born this goddamn fearless, if it's encoded in her DNA, gifted to her by her flawed bloodline, or if it's something life taught her, something molded into her all those years she was unknowingly on the run. I wonder if she got that from her father, or if it was me who caused her bravery. — J.M. Darhower

Creativity is a path for the brave, yes, but it is not a path for the fearless, and it's important to recognize the distinction. Bravery means doing something scary. Fearlessness means not even understanding what the word scary means. If your goal in life is to become fearless, then I believe you're already on the wrong path, because the only truly fearless people I've ever met were straight-up sociopaths and a few exceptionally reckless three-year-olds - and those aren't good role models for anyone. — Elizabeth Gilbert

You (God) have not only commanded continence, that is, from what things we are to restrain our love, but also justice, that is, on what we are to bestow our love. — Saint Augustine

Who you are in public is a test of your conviction; who you are in private, integrity. — Criss Jami

people talk with a sense of wonderment about the incredible bravery of us Rajputs. This is missing the obvious. Whether it's Father, my brothers, my ancestors, I or my countrymen, we are, it goes without saying, unsurpassedly fearless and valiant. — Kiran Nagarkar

He also possessed Aurelius' curious innocence in battle: the fearless forgetting which led him to attempt and to achieve the impossible. This would, of course, come to be noticed much later. But even now he could be seen to exhibit a certain disregard for his own safety. I recognized it well, and knew its source, for I had ridden with Aurelius.
In anyone else it would have been called carelessness. Or foolishness, more like. But it was never that. Arthur simply did not feel afraid. Daring, bravery, boldness, valor - these are qualities of overcoming fear.
What is it, then, when there is no fear? — Stephen R. Lawhead

If life has not made you by God's grace, through faith, holy
think you, will death without faith do it? The cold waters of that narrow stream are no purifying bath in which you may wash and be clean. No! no! as you go down into them, you will come up from them. — Alexander MacLaren

Live vertically, not horizontally. — Shannon L. Alder

Bravery does not mean being fearless. It means to be full of fear but still not being dominated by it. — Rajneesh

We don't have to believe the story of our lives we've been told. You're not the same person you were when you first had sex and not the same as you'll be five years down the line. All redefining yourself requires is the bravery to be fearless, and let go of the judgments. — Laura Berman

When Atticus came home to dinner he found me crouched down aiming across the street. "What are you shooting at?"
"Miss Maudie's rear end."
Atticus turned and saw my generous target bending over her bushes. He pushed his hat to the back of his head and crossed the street. "Maudie," he called, "I thought I'd better warn you. You're in considerable peril."
Miss Maudie straightened up and looked toward me. She said,"Atticus, you are a devil from hell. — Harper Lee

I shall be as brave as a my Toad, he thought, for my Toad never hides under the bed when she is afraid of lightning or bats. She sticks out her tongue and eats them. — Catherynne M Valente

What I don't like are pompous, pretentious movies. — Peter Jackson

If you want your prayers answered, you get off your knees and do the one thing you're praying someone else will do for you. — Shannon L. Alder

Whether it's a relationship or business, never settle for being second best. When you allow yourself to become the "next" option instead of THE option you're only cheating yourself. You have the power to determine the level of respect you deserve. Raise the bar high! No one will appreciate your value if you discount your worth. — Carlos Wallace

A man who is fearless is neither coward nor brave for bravery is just a cover up for cowardice. — Osho

You can either complain about how hard your life is, or you can realize that only you are responsible for it. — Glenn Beck

Be fearless. Be bold. Be Magic. — Eric Smith

The truth is that you are afraid.'
'Afraid? I do not know all the words in the Parisian jargon, and I know not what you mean. — Alexandre Dumas

Desperation makes men fearless — Jocelyn Murray

Let's see if your right foot is as fearless as your mouth. — Doug Solter

But no matter what happens, I spoke up, made a voice for myself, freed from the haunting memories that have owned me for the last six years. I found my courage. — Jessica Sorensen

I can't afford to let my judgement be clouded by any feeling that I might have for a human being. You are the only person I've ever cared for in the world, Charley. I shan't rest till I know in my bones that if it were necessary to put you against a wall and shoot you with my own hands I could do it without a moment's hesitation and without a moment's regret. — W. Somerset Maugham

Basically you create your experience through your beliefs about yourself and the nature of reality. Another way to understand this is to realize that you create your experiences through your expectations. — Seth Godin

Laughing in the face of danger doesn't negate the fear, it simply enables you to smile at it. — Richelle E. Goodrich

The emergence of one world consciousness must be accompanied with one world political infrastructures. — Bryant McGill

Being the first to do anything takes guts. — J.M. Darhower

Bravery doesn't always mean that you have to be fearless. No one in this world fears nothing, so if you are fearless, then you are no one. — Maureen Eguia

Courage to me is doing something daring, no matter how afraid, insecure, intimidated, alone, unworthy, incapable, ridiculed or whatever other paralyzing emotion you might feel. Courage is taking action ... no matter what. So you're afraid? Be afraid. Be scared silly to the point you're trembling and nauseous, but do it anyway! — Richelle E. Goodrich

I have a theory that if you've got the kind of parents who want to send you to boarding school, you're probably better off at boarding school. — Wendy Cope

The problem isn't that I think so highly of myself. It is just that you think so little of yourself. Live life BIG, BOLD and OUT LOUD! — Shannon L. Alder

I used to think I had all the time in the world to do everything I wanted. But what's the use of having all the time in the world if you're always wasting it on things that don't mean a thing? — Mike Gayle

Emotions are messengers that carry information. Spiritual growth depends upon receiving that information & using it. — Gary Zukav

He felt ready to face the devil, and strutted in the ballroom with the swagger of a cavalier. — Robert Louis Stevenson

Bravery is not the trait of a fearless person, lest the reckless actions of a fool be considered brave. Bravery is the quality that allows us to overcome our fears and succeed. — Gerard De Marigny

Fearlessly use the power of your will & determination to go forth in life, strengthened. — Eleesha

Thorn stood without motion, for only when you are truly still can you be the centre. She stood without sound, for only silent can you listen. She stood without fear, for only the fearless can understand their peril.

Thorn waited. Fearless as flowers, bright, fragile, open to the sky. Brave, as only those who've already lost can be. — Mark Lawrence