Brave

Quotes on being brave.

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

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.
- Aristotle

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

Difficulties break some men but make others. No axe is sharp enough to cut the soul of a sinner who keeps on trying, one armed with the hope that he will rise even in the end.
- Nelson Mandela

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

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