“To believe yourself brave is to be brave; it is the one only essential thing.”
Source: Joan of Arc
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American author and humorist 1835–1910Related quotes

“A brave man is one who admits his fear. Only a fool believes himself invincible.”
Source: Ripping Time (2000), Chapter 10 (p. 300)

“It is a brave and stupid thing, a beautiful thing, to waste one's life for love.”
Source: The Confessions of Max Tivoli

“Revolutionize yourself: be loyal, be crazy, be kind and be brave… be better.”
Original: Rivoluzionate voi stessi: siate leali, folli, gentili e coraggiosi... siate migliori.
Source: prevale.net

“Pain nourishes courage. You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.”
As quoted in The Reader's Digest, Vol. 128 (1986), p. 137; later in Quotable Quotes (1997) by Editors of Reader's Digest

“It would be a great things, a brave thing, for the Hindus to achieve act of self-denial.”
Mahatma Gandhi, Young India, 12 March 1931. Quoted from Hinduism and Judaism compilation https://web.archive.org/web/20060423090103/http://www.nhsf.org.uk/images/stories/HinduDharma/Interfaith/hinduzion.pdf
1930s