On Bravery…

Bravery often is a matter of disregarding consequences and focusing on possible positive outcomes. As a result, bravery is often easier for the young, or less experienced; those with little knowledge of circumstances, and their possible outcomes. In this sense bravery is the cousin of ignorance. But being brave doesn’t necessarily describe you as wise or ignorant. The ignorant may be cowardly, and the wise may also be brave.  Notice, however, that these special circumstances breed either the most hated or most revered of society.
The term bravery itself is a bit of an abstraction. Truly there are only your goals, and what you are willing to risk to attain them. Bravery is more of a term used in a social context. An act is most usually brave when it benefits another person, and is only brave when another person is around to deem it so.
Bravery is the term that is often applied to those who risk a great deal to attain their goals, but usually the term is only  used when their goals benefit more than just themselves.
I would only apply the term “brave” to a person who risks a great deal wholly for the benefit of another. But this is a hard thing to determine in anyone but yourself.