I Think Bravery Is When You're Willing To Really Put Yourself On The Line And Maybe Lose Out, Financially - And Be Able To Say Exactly What Motivates You And What Inspires You And What You Find Completely Unacceptable In Humanity And In Culture.
It Is The Perpetual Dread Of Fear, The Fear Of Fear, That Shapes The Face Of A Brave Man.
Young People . . , God Wants Us To Be Victorious. He Wants You To Triumph Over All Of Your Foes. Stalwart And Brave We Must Stand. God Is At The Helm. There Is No Reason For Defeat.
It's A Fact That Children With Cancer Have Higher Cure Rates Than Adults With Cancer, And I Wonder If The Reason Is Their Natural, Unthinking Bravery... Adults Know Too Much About Failure; They're More Cynical And Resigned And Fearful.
Bravery Is A Mean State Concerned With Things That Inspire Confidence And With Things Fearful ... And Leading Us To Choose Danger And To Face It, Either Because To Do So Is Noble, Or Because Not To Do So Is Base. But To Court Death As An Escape From Poverty, Or From Love, Or From Some Grievous Pain, Is No Proof Of Bravery, But Rather Of Cowardice.
Temperance And Bravery, Then, Are Ruined By Excess And Deficiency, But Preserved By The Mean.