Quotes About Bravery

I've never consciously done 'safe' commercial projects; luckily, they have done well.

I was so proud when I was commissioned into the Army.

I try not to compare myself to the character. Mulan makes it happen - not through big drama, but through little decisions and bravery and self-awareness.

When you've married someone who's been at war, there is nothing you can do that compares to that level of selflessness and bravery.

If you care about people, then you're willing to act not just with compassion, but you're also willing to act with courage.

I've never been in a competition before, and I said I'm going to go. I think - I just love to sing.

I am a complete wuss.

My ability to not be afraid to ask tough questions or to confront, that matters.

I believe that it's important to not just shy away from confrontation.

All I can really say is to encourage anybody who's in the closet to come out, and congratulate anyone who has.

All too often politicians duck issues for fear of the connotations attached to the subject. Leadership, however, means confronting those issues.

The way you conquer fear is to feel it all the way, and then you'll find out that there's nothing there - it's just emotion.

When I'm afraid of something, I'm going at it twice as hard. I don't believe any fear can be conquered by avoiding it.

Action conquers fear.

If I have a combination of calm and fear, I access mental states way beyond normal consciousness. That's why I choose to do scary things.

I've been to war, and I know the consequences and sacrifice it takes. If we must fight, we fight to win.

I don't use cages - I've been surrounded by 150 to 200 sharks, not once ever been close to being bitten.

It isn't brave to stand up for gun control in a building surrounded by armed guards. It's simply elitist.

It takes a lot of guts to pull up stumps from a successful career, surrounded by the people you love.

I think any life can be interesting, any surroundings can be interesting. I don't think I could have been so brave if I had been living in a town, competing with people on what can be called a generally higher cultural level.

Fear is always there; it's a survival instinct. You just need to know how to manage it.

Living authentically isn't an act of courage as much as an act of survival.

He must be independent and brave, and sure of himself and of the importance of his work, because if he isn't he will never survive the scorching blasts of derision that will probably greet his first efforts.

I dare to do things - that's how I survive.