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'''Bravery''' is the quality that allows someone to do things that are dangerous or frightening. It is the quality or state of being brave.<ref>https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bravery Accessed December 12, 2014</ref> | '''Bravery''' is the quality that allows someone to do things that are dangerous or frightening. It is the quality or state of being brave.<ref>https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bravery Accessed December 12, 2014</ref> | ||
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==Antonyms== | ==Antonyms== | ||
[[Cowardice]]. | [[Cowardice]]. | ||
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| + | ''[[A Man or a Mouse by Sunday Adelaja|A Man or a Mouse]]'' by Sunday Adelaja. Golden Truth Publishing (August 15, 2018) | ||
==Quotes== | ==Quotes== | ||
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* “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the [[courage]] to continue that counts.” ― [[Winston Churchill]] | * “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the [[courage]] to continue that counts.” ― [[Winston Churchill]] | ||
| − | * “It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.” | + | * “It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.” ― Mark Twain |
| − | ― Mark Twain | ||
* “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]] | * “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]] | ||
| − | * “It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.” | + | * “It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.” ― [[Theodore Roosevelt]] |
| − | ― [[Theodore Roosevelt]] | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Latest revision as of 14:31, November 29, 2025
"When I was a boy, the priest, my uncle, carefully inculcated upon me this proverb, which I then learned and have ever since kept in my mind: 'Dico tibi verum, Libertas optima rerum; Nunquam servili, sub nexu vivito, fili.' 'I tell you a truth: Liberty is the best of things, my son; never live under any slavish bond." - William Wallace
Bravery is the quality that allows someone to do things that are dangerous or frightening. It is the quality or state of being brave.[1]
1. brave spirit or conduct; courage; valor.
2. showiness; splendor; magnificence.
Pronunciation
brey-vuh-ree, breyv-ree
noun, plural braveries.
Etymology
Origin: 1540-50; probably < Italian braveria, equivalent to brav(are) to brave + -eria -ery[2]
Synonyms
Intrepidity, fearlessness, boldness, daring, prowess, heroism, pluck, spirit, audacity, nerve, mettle, spunk. See courage.
Antonyms
Book
A Man or a Mouse by Sunday Adelaja. Golden Truth Publishing (August 15, 2018)
Quotes
- “It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.” ― Mark Twain
- “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” ― Winston Churchill
- “It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.” ― Mark Twain
- “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
- “It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.” ― Theodore Roosevelt
See also
References
- ↑ https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bravery Accessed December 12, 2014
- ↑ http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bravery Accessed December 12, 2014