Quotes About Bravery

A man is not scared of playing, of having any contact, and you won't shut him down if you kick him - he will just ask for the ball all the time.

I was a shy gay man at a time when it was illegal to be gay.

If I'm compelled to do something, I don't shy away from it simply because I haven't tackled it before.

Once upon a time, I was very shy and you wouldn't even see me in a room. Then, when I was 16, I made the conscious decision to not be afraid of anything - this was about the time I picked up the bagpipes too - and my life pretty much changed forever.

My first and most loved real novel was 'Little Women.' I identified with the Jo character even though we were opposites. Jo was very strong-minded and brave, and I was shy and kind of a wuss, everyplace but in my own home. I wanted to be Jo. She was my alter ego. I think reading that book gave me courage.

As a child, I was afraid of everything. My parents were shy, the kind of people for whom it is an ordeal to go and buy some bread or whatever.

I'm a relatively shy person, but I love being challenged and putting myself in positions that are scary.

I had paralyzing fear as a kid. I couldn't watch horror movies, nothing. The funny thing is I got so sick of being afraid that I started doing it deliberately and instead of being afraid in my bed I would sit up on my bed and say, 'ok, come on, show yourself, do it.'

You wouldn't know I was sick unless you knew I was sick.

You've got to kick fear to the side, because the payoff is huge.

I'm not afraid of heights. I rock climb. I can repel off the side of a building.

People under siege turn to us in complete frustration and I get a chance to go in when it's do or die.

It took a brave editor in the U.S. to sign a contract for Dancing Girls, and without her belief in the book, I'm not sure it would ever have found its way into print.

Every member of the U.S. Armed Forces knows what they signed up for, and they know what their job is, and they are proud of their job.

I know the signs of scaredness.

Silence is the residue of fear.

It would have been more comfortable to remain silent.

Don't be afraid to look silly.

Growing up, I held back a lot in fear of looking silly or thinking I wouldn't make it.

It's an extraordinary story told with simplicity. 'Raazi' is about people who put the country before anything else.

If anyone boos you offstage, that is simply applause from ghosts.

I'm simply not afraid. It's not in my dictionary of behaviour.

The opposite of fear, Dienekes said, is love.

Always attack. Even in defense, attack. The attacking arm possesses the initiative and thus commands the action. To attack makes men brave; to defend makes them timorous.