Definition of Brave

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Definition of Brave

Brave

Bold; courageous; daring; intrepid; -- opposed to cowardly; as, a brave man; a brave act.

Having any sort of superiority or excellence; -- especially such as in conspicuous.

Making a fine show or display.

A brave person; one who is daring.

Specifically, an Indian warrior.

A man daring beyond discretion; a bully.

A challenge; a defiance; bravado.

To encounter with courage and fortitude; to set at defiance; to defy; to dare.

To adorn; to make fine or showy.

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Brave Quotations

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

Let us all be brave enough to die the death of a martyr, but let no one lust for martyrdom.
Mohandas Gandhi

Israel was not created in order to disappear - Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom.
John F. Kennedy

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

We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.
Helen Keller

Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts.
Aristotle

We become just by performing just action, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave action.
Aristotle

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

The skilful employer of men will employ the wise man, the brave man, the covetous man, and the stupid man.
Sun Tzu

If we take the generally accepted definition of bravery as a quality which knows no fear, I have never seen a brave man. All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened.
George S. Patton

Brave Translations

brave in Danish is modig, tapper
brave in Dutch is flink, braaf, eerlijk, dapper, ferm
brave in Finnish is uljas, rohkea
brave in French is brave, vaillant, courageux
brave in German is tapfer, mutig, lieb
brave in Italian is coraggioso, valoroso
brave in Latin is fortis
brave in Norwegian is modig, tapper
brave in Portuguese is bravo
brave in Spanish is arrojado, animoso

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