But are courage and bravery the same thing? Not exactly. Both describe people who face their fears to do something that may be heroic, dangerous or difficult but necessary.įor most of us, we see someone brave as also having courage, and vice-versa. So, let's show them what we're made of!Ĭourage and bravery are two words that you hear a lot. Have you ever wanted to be courageous? You may think that only some women have courage, but the truth is, anyone can. My goal is for women to have more courage in leadership roles and their private lives. Another lion simile by the Bard is “Walked like one of the lions” from The Two Gentlemen of Verona.Bravery VS Courage: 6 Types Of Courage To Know This simile from Henry the Fourth has made lion comparisons part of our every day language.
Stand my ground brave as a bear -American country ballad “If You Want to Go A-Courting”.Over-daring is as great a vice as over-fearing -Ben Jonson.Nothing so bold as a blind horse -Greek proverb.More guts than a gladiator -William Diehl.A man without courage is like a knife without edge -Anon.Indomitable as a lioness -Aharon Appelfeld.Have the gall of a shoplifter returning an item for a refund -W.I.E.Grew bold, like a general who is about to order an assault -Guy de Maupassant.Fend off pressure like a sharkhunter feeds off danger -Anon.The bell rings and they jump into their boots and go down the pole -Anon Courageous as a poker player with a royal flush -Mike Sommer.Courage, on nearly all occasions, inflicts as much of evil as it imparts of good -Walter Savage Landor.Courage, like cowardice, is undoubtedly contagious, but some persons are not liable to catch it -Archibald Prentice.Courage is like love it must have hope to nourish it -Napoleon Bonaparte.Courage is like a disobedient dog, once it starts running away it flies all the faster for your attempts to recall it -Katherine Mansfield.Brave as winds that brave the sea -Algernon Charles Swinburne.Brave as a barrel full of bears -Ogden Nash.Bold as Paul in the presence of Agrippa -William Cowper.Bold as an unhunted fawn -Percy Bysshe Shelley.Bold as a lion - The Holy Bible/Proverbs.
(There was) a tragic daring about her, like a moth dancing around a flame -Paige MitchellĬommon usage has seeded modern-day modifications such as “Bold as brass balls.”.As much backbone as cooked spaghetti -Harry Prince.As much backbone as an eel -American colloquialism.Adventurous as a bee -William Wordsworth.
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