Bravery isn't one thing. Bravery is a mixture. A mixture of confidence, fearlessness, and fortitude. Bravery is the ability to face fear, or danger, or pain without fret. It is being apart of a dangerous situation and having no worries. I believe bravery stems from that which you know is right. Bravery for the sake of bravery is not bravery at all; it is foolishness. To define something as brave it must be done with a motive of faith in something. The motive must be good, and wholesome, and without fault.
There is a fine line between bravery and stupidity, though. One will get you killed. The other has a slightly less chance of that. Stupidity usually comes from the misguided motive, one that is not wholesome, or good, and has much fault. This is what separates the two abstracts. Don't get me wrong, now. You can be stupid and brave. You would just have to try very hard at it. That would require two motives, one foolish, and one true. I believe the word for that is "quixotic", a word that stems from Don Quixote.
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