Famous Quotes & Sayings

Some of the braver ones did ask, and I'm going to prove Wal-Mart ignored their pleas to hire more help.

Maya Angelou

We are braver and wiser because they existed, those strong women and strong men... We are who we are because they were who they were. It's wise to know where you come from, who called your name.

Meryl Streep

One must be brave if one is to take the wheel.

Christopher Moore

I'm not nearly as outrageously brave as many of my rascals that I write. But I think the rascal spirit must reside in me somewhere.

Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

Peter Davison

If I were brave enough to say so, I'd like to think that I had written some poems that people are not going to forget.

But only a brief momentis granted to the braveone breath or two, whose wage isThe long nights of the grave.

Gloria Estefan

There are so many beautiful things that are a part of the world, and I've always looked at life that way; I've always tried to put on a smile and a brave front, not just for my kids but in my own life and all the difficulties that I've gone through.

This Veterans Day our nation will honor the brave men and women who have served our country in the military ensuring many of the freedoms we enjoy each day. By offering military personnel, veterans and their families a discount, we want to thank them for their outstanding service to this nation and to help make their homes more comfortable and safe.

Cindy Nelson

What Ive learned the most through this, ... is how resilient Maggie is and how brave she is.

We gather here today to honor and remember a brave young man.

Marty Meehan

Too many of our brave men and women, our heroes, are falling through the cracks,

While the president has now given four speeches ... the American public, the Iraqi people and our brave troops still don't have any clarity about the U.S. military mission in Iraq.

Brett Myers

You can't be selfish. Right now is a serious situation for us. The Braves lost tonight, and the Wild Card is still in our favor. If the same situation comes up again, I won't be happy, but I'll do what I've got to do ... This game is more about your team and not about yourself.

To his right walked a huge red-headed man, with broad smile and merry twinkle, whose clothes seemed to be bursting and splitting at every seam, as though he were some lusty chick who was breaking bravely from his shell.

You have to be brave to go make fun of the head man in front of everyone.

Charles de Gaulle

Brave shoemakers, all gentlemen of the gentle craft.

Michael Enzi

Brave Iraqi soldiers and civilians risked their lives to participate in their fledgling democracy, in some ways not unlike brave Americans did more than 200 years ago. Iraqis went to the polls despite the warning of violence and they continued to vote even when violence occurred.

Paul DePodesta

Even though they still expect to win, they will entrust spots in the lineup, or a spot in the rotation, to a young player. The Braves continue to commit to their young kids and commit to the right ones.

Howard Cosell

Courage takes many forms. There is physical courage, there is moral courage. Then there is a still higher type of courage--the courage to brave pain, to live with it, to never let others know of it and to still find joy in life; to wake up in the morning with an enthusiasm for the day ahead.

Courage is sometimes frail as hope is frail: a fragile shoot between two stones that grows brave toward the sun though warmth and brightness fail, striving and faith the only strength it knows.

As I look at my nation, I am generally impressed by the physical courage of its citizenry but distressed by the lack of intellectual or moral courage. I think this is important because most quotes about bravery refer to physical courage. Yet if my nation is to go down the tubes, I suspect it will be more because of a deficit in its intellectual bravery.

Chen Shui-bian

we are brave Taiwanese, hard-working Taiwanese, and dignified Taiwanese.

Jon Seda

What was accomplished in 'Band of Brothers' was incredible, from the writing and producing to the performances of the actors who honored all those men that fought bravely and gave the ultimate sacrifice for the freedoms we enjoy today.

David Halberstam

What happened very quickly was a move away from the bravery of the kids fighting.

Bob Uecker

I signed a very modest $3,000 bonus with the Braves in Milwaukee. And my old man didn't have that kinda money to put out.

We should not deny this, we should be brave enough to talk about it.

Susan Campbell Bartoletti

'Between Shades of Gray' is a story of astonishing force. I feel grateful for a writer like Ruta Sepetys who bravely tells the hard story of what happens to the innocent when world leaders and their minions choose hate and oppression. Beautiful and unforgettable.

We clearly suffered for it. I am proud of her for being so brave and finishing the program.

Kurt Vonnegut

Live by the harmless untruths that make you brave and kind and healthy and happy.

James Russell Lowell

Fortune is the rod of the weak, and the staff of the brave.

Dan Millman

No need to feel brave or confident; just behave that way.

Kip Pardue

No one ever taught me how to shave; no one ever sat down to watch a Braves game with me. I paid for Yale myself, I lived by myself, I taught myself how to play the guitar. I did this all on my own.