Today I'm featuring the Dauntless Faction as part of Divergent Week.
DAUNTLESS:
1. Incapable of being intimidated or discouraged; fearless, bold, intrepid; invulnerable to fear or intimidation;
Clothing:
The Dauntless wear black.
Initiation:
Rigorous defense training & facing of your fears. Only the top candidates are accepted as faction members, those who don't rank high enough become factionless.
Manifesto:
We believe that cowardice is to blame for the world’s injustices. We believe that peace is hard-won, that sometimes it is necessary to fight for peace. But more than that: We believe that justice is more important than peace. We believe in freedom from fear, in denying fear the power to influence our decisions. We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another. We believe in acknowledging our fear and the extent to which it rules us. We believe in facing that fear no matter what the cost to our comfort, our happiness, or even our sanity. We believe in shouting for those who can only whisper, in defending those who cannot defend themselves. We believe, not just in bold words but in bold deeds to match them. We believe that pain and death are better than cowardice and inaction, because We believe in action.
We do not believe in living comfortable lives. We do not believe that silence is useful. We do not believe in good manners. We do not believe in limiting the fullness of life. We do not believe in empty heads, empty mouths, or empty hands. We do not believe that learning to master violence encourages unnecessary violence. We do not believe that we should be allowed to stand idly by. We do not believe that any other virtue is more important than bravery.
Quotes Dauntless would likely agree with:
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
Do the thing you fear the most and the death of fear is certain. ~Mark Twain
Courage is being scared to death - and saddling up anyway. ~John Wayne
Greatness, in the last analysis, is largely bravery - courage in escaping from old ideas and old standards and respectable ways of doing things. ~James Robinson
Just as sparks rise from the fire. So is man born into troubles. ~Saint Job the Righteous
It's alright to have butterflies in your stomach, just get them to fly in formation. ~Dr. Rob Gilbert
Guts are a combination of confidence, courage, conviction, strength of character, stick-to-itiveness, pugnaciousness, backbone, and intestinal fortitude. They are mandatory for anyone who wants to get to and stay at the top. ~D.A. Benton
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog. ~Mark Twain
We all have the ability…we just don't all have the courage to follow our dreams and to follow the signs. ~Paulo Coelho
A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave. ~Gandhi
Are you Brave enough to be part of Dauntless?
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