Jimmy Barnes

I used to think I was tough, but there's a difference between bravado and courage, and I only started to show courage when I began to get help. So now I make a point of telling people, 'Hey, it's a good thing to ask for help, not a bad thing.

Scottish Musician

Peter Blair Henry

Good economic policy requires not so much the bravado to implement drastic change as the strength and wisdom to make reasonable trade-offs over the many years it takes to transform a country's standard of living.

Jamaican Economist

Simon Sinek

To operate based on conviction and belief requires an acceptance that your actions could get you fired. This is different from pig-headed bravado, and it is different from putting the company at risk.

English Author

K. D. Lang

I think masculinity is bravado against the mystery of the universe of women. It's just a fear of not knowing what women have that's so powerful. It's this shield they put up to try to get closer.

Canadian Musician

Kobe Bryant

It's disgusting, but my father taught me when your mouth gets dry, just suck the sweat out of your own jersey. There's no bravado to any of it; it's just a disgusting little trick.

American Basketball Player

Bobby Darin

Any fool knows that bravado is always a cover-up for insecurity. That's the truth. And on that note, I'll say goodnight. God love you.

American Musician

Tom Hiddleston

If you are at a boys' school, especially, there is a level of bravado that you have to keep up otherwise you'll get picked on.

English Actor

Andrew Flintoff

As a cricketer, I played on bravado and character. My personality was bound up with how I played the game.

English Entertainer

Kenneth Clarke

Margaret Thatcher and John Major knew that bluff and bravado doesn't work in Brussels.

English Politician

Menander

Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.

Greek Poet

Bravado often masks insecurity or fear; it's not genuine courage.

False confidence

Bravado can seem arrogant or silly if it's excessive or inappropriate.

Negative impression

In some cultures, bravado may be admired, in others frowned upon.

Cultural perception

 for the thing I was looking for the least when I joined, which was the these weird dudes -- a motley crew of characters from a cross section of the United States -- that on the surface I had nothing in common with. And over time, all the political and personal bravado that led me to the military dissolved,

My journey from Marine...

 Those were the things that brought us together. So one day, we were in the back, scarfing down food as quickly as we could, gathered around a small table, during a very rare lull, and a new guy from the kitchen came over -- who happened to be her cousin -- and sat down with all the bravado and machismo

Ash Beckham: When to...

 beat of the engine the bow dipping into each wave the vast and empty horizon I don't remember the Pirates who came many times but were bluffed by the bravado of the men on our boat or the engine dying and failing to start for six hours but I

My immigration story -...

 My first memories are from the boat -- the steady beat of the engine, the bow dipping into each wave, the vast and empty horizon. I don't remember the pirates who came many times, but were bluffed by the bravado of the men on our boat,

Tan Le: My immigration...

 this world would agree with that another example would be ylang-ylang the concert pianist dare dazzling Flair charisma youthful barato bravado daredevil extremes these are two very different personalities but they've got the same

Love and hormones PIPE...

 I learned how to be alone without being lonely. My spirit shifted. I became a better person. You can ask people -- I became a better person. And now I get to stand here in front of you guys with no bravado,

How to Discover Your...

 only once the fighting is safely over does a male put on a spurt of bravado

Monkey fight! PIPE Cheeky...

 His bravado pays off. He must now woo the receptive female.

World’s Strangest Mating...

 bravado the Eagles climb higher ready for another round

Eagle vs. Eagle PIPE...

 this male puts on an act of bravado he's