Mark Twain Quotes

Courage comes by being brave; fear comes by holding back.

The important thing about "brave" is, it doesn't mean you're not terrified.

If you fear nothing, then you are not brave. You are merely too foolish to be afraid.

I think people think they're not brave if they're frightened, and that's not true at all.

The brave man braves nothing, nor knows he of his bravery.

Be brave. Don't be afraid to be stupid.

It is much easier to be brave if you do not know everything.

Private Joker is silly and he's ignorant but he's got guts and guts is enough.

The hero is brave in deeds as well as words.

Nico, I've seen a lot of brave things. But what you just did? That was maybe the bravest.

Some people say I was very brave, but I really just didn't know any better. All I had was my originality.

I have the belief in boldness. What I generally lack is the boldness itself. Because boldness doesn't feel bold. It feels scared not brave.

You cannot be brave without fear.

You are brave, kicking a chained prisoner. They must sing heroic ballads about you on winter nights!" (Alanna)

You look at a guy who's being brave. He's afraid, or he wouldn't be brave. If he isn't afraid, he's stupid.

Billy (Martin) wasn't afraid of anything.

There was just no fear in her.

We can't be brave without fear.

Sometimes we gotta be brave even when we're scared. We gotta not let being scared keep us from thinkin' straight. That's all brave is, boy, when you come right down to it, not lettin' the fear get you so turned around you start doin' stupid things, instead of what you know you ought to do.

The more keenly we are awake to the perils of life, the higher and grander is the possibility of being truly brave.

People will say to you, "Oh, you are fearless." That is so not true. We should stop saying that about people. It's a slander, really.

Afraid? Me? A man who's licked his weight in wild caterpillars?

One thing I know for sure: it is only by doing what we fear that we can ever truly learn to be brave.

When a man doesn't know the meaning of the word 'fear', that might just be a deficiency in his education.

Courage is not the absence of fear, but the mastery of it.