Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes

Cowardice is no virtue.

Being "brave" means doing or facing something frightening. ... Being "fearless" means being without fear.

The courageous have fears that cowards never know.

Strange that cowards cannot see that their greatest safety lies in dauntless courage.

When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death - that is heroism.

I'm fascinated how often and with what whole-heartedness people will risk their lives to perform acts of courage, sacrifice, and compassion for total strangers.

Woman and men of retiring timidity are cowardly only in dangers which affect themselves, but the first to rescue when others are in danger.

I'd rather give my life than be afraid to give it.

I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed and nurse them.

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

Not one has shown an iota of fear of death. They want to end this agony.

Cowards are cruel, but the brave love mercy and delight to save.

We humans have a powerful instinct to flee from peril. It takes a special kind of courage, a deep sense of duty, and extraordinary character to overcome these impulses and - for the sake of others - to run toward the danger.

I'm not afraid of anything. I'm not afraid to die, if I have to.

I don't think I am hero material.

It's easy to be brave when they're not my fears.

Because no man wants to be a coward in front of a cheese.

I understood about fear. And I knew better than anyone in that room what Mouse was capable of. But still I had been raised in a place where to show your fear was worse than cowardice. It was suicide, a sin.

If one is willing to do a thing he is afraid to do, he does not have to ... face a situation fearlessly, and if there is no situation to face; it falls away of its own weight.

Be afraid of nothing.

Man dies but once. My disciples must not be cowards.

The nature of a coward is to avoid death. If such a man courts peril there can be only two reasons. Either he is not a coward at all or there is no danger.

I have no fear, no fear at all. I wake up, and I have no fear. I go to bed without fear. Fear, fear, fear, fear. Yes, 'fear' is a word that is not in my vocabulary.

Fear's contagious, but so is courage.

We are ashamed of our fear; for we know that a righteous man would not suspect danger nor incur any. Wherever a man feels fear, there is an avenger.