Quotes About Bravery

Contrary to the macho culture of Mexico, both my grandmothers were very brave young widows. I was always very close to these hard-working, intelligent women.

The only happiness a brave person ever troubles themselves in asking about, is happiness enough to get their work done.

Jack Benny was, without a doubt, the bravest comedian I have ever seen work. He wasn't afraid of silence. He would take as long as it took to tell the story.

We were lavish of blood in those days, and it was thought to be a grand thing to charge a battery or an earth-work lined with infantry.

Do one thing everyday that scares you. Those small things that make us uncomfortable help us build courage to do the work we do.

As you may possibly have noticed from time to time, I have tended to make a habit of sticking my head above the parapet and generally getting it shot off for pointing out what has always been blindingly obvious to me.

If you're willing to take the humiliation of sticking your head above the crowd, maybe it's, you know, the pleasure will be worth the pain.

I think, as an actor, you're constantly confronted with your fear of sticking your neck out.

I've always gone after fears and tried to stifle them by doing them. It is daunting, but it's more rewarding.

The biggest part of what Anita Hill did was take away the stigma of coming forward, and it took a lot for her to do that. We don't have these conversations, because of the fear that people won't believe you or you'll get attacked if you come forward. She came forward anyway and continued to tell her story.

I don't have the stomach for 'Fear Factor.'

I don't want to be remembered as the girl who was shot. I want to be remembered as the girl who stood up.

I'd like my grandchildren to be able to see that their grandmother stood up for something, a long time ago.

When I stood up to oppose an invasion of Iraq in 2002, it wasn't a popular thing to do.

I was brought up in a household where you stood up to be counted.

The people who stood out in the Sandy Hook incident, the heroes, were the normal, ordinary people who went to save those children.

Bobby Darin was one of the first to take black musicians on the road with his band, and there were places that didn't want him to play, and he stood up to it.

I really love Evel Knievel, what he stood for.

I got jumped on by eight girls in my first year at secondary school. I was 11. I was going down to the shop for lunch, I didn't know them, and it was for no reason. I stood up for myself. I wasn't hurt, but I lost some hair.

If you stop being scared, that's when entropy sets in, and you may as well go home.

One day, if I feel the fear of putting my head in the middle of some battle or scrum, then I stop.

Even if a minefield or the abyss should lie before me, I will march straight ahead without looking back.

You don't need to be straight to fight and die for your country. You just need to shoot straight.

I don't much care who is gay or straight or married or not. I mostly notice if they are brave enough to confront bigotry.