Quotes about Courage

“The thing is, when I feel like I have to lose weight, the opposite happens. I remember stuffing loads of chocolate on the plane to the shoot, and I thought, 'Why don't you have the courage to show up in a body that's natural, not overly worked out?'”

“As long as you've got your courage of conviction, it works for you. I think that the same applies, too, even where you don't, because in today's world, financial resources are the least important. World has moved to the power of ideas.”

“What I do know is that writing is the thing I am best at, and I don't have the stomach, the ability, the strength or the courage to enter the political arena. And I think writing can be a political act, if only to let those people accountable know they are being watched. Literature can be a conscience.”

“With compassion you can die for other people, like the mother who can die for her child. You have the courage to say it because you are not afraid of losing anything, because you know that understanding and love is the foundation of happiness. But if you have fear of losing your status, your position, you will not have the courage to do it.”

“Limit to courage? There is no limit to courage.”

“You have to master the ball, play with confidence and play with character and courage.”

“Creativity takes courage.”

“The enchanting charms of this sublime science reveal only to those who have the courage to go deeply into it.”

“We know the Republicans are happy to keep the country in the dark, and if we Democrats are to recapture the power necessary to assert our values, we must find the energy, courage, creativity and unity to map out a brighter day for the people we sincerely want to serve.”

“Courage to continue comes from deeper sources than outward results.”

“In strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used?”

“September 11, 2001, revealed heroism in ordinary people who might have gone through their lives never called upon to demonstrate the extent of their courage.”

“What you learn from studying acting is that you have to have the courage to just make strong choices.”

“We simply do not understand our place in the universe and have not the courage to admit it.”

“Discover your own style. Don't try to repeat what has already been written - have the courage to do your own thing and don't be afraid to do something different.”

“We want deeper sincerity of motive, a greater courage in speech and earnestness in action.”

“To seek trouble - this is not courage, this is madness. Courage is the willingness of man to sensibly face the troubles he cannot avoid.”

“True courage is being afraid, and going ahead and doing your job anyhow, that's what courage is.”

“Since I was a little girl, I have witnessed the strength and courage that energized my mother, who left every sorrow and pain in the past, who would work unyieldingly to obtain her goals, who was the great warrior from whom I learned all the values that are today fundamental pillars of my every day.”

“When I was straight, I had the courage and energy to become an actress. I owe my career to my will to stop using.”

“Most of the good executives do pretty well. Because to be a good executive you have to be strong, and you have to have a simple attribute that people have forgotten about - courage.”