Quotes About Courage

I think a lot of us often don't express how we really feel because we're afraid of what others might think of us. So we secretly admire people who could care less. They do things that we don't allow ourselves to do.

To people, secrets are only scary when they're secrets. Once you let the secret out, it's not so scary anymore.

I'm not going to be bullied by an overzealous agency of the United States government.

As for my mom, her biggest gift to me was teaching me I can and I must use my voice. I owe her a debt of gratitude.

I went through a public divorce and wrote a project called '29' that really just is all about speaking your truth and owning the fact that we all go through things in life and it's all about what comes out of them.

At the Oxford Union I'd never debated before but I gave it a go.

If it weren't for 'Cuckoo's Nest,' it would be very difficult for me. It gave me a cushion to live at my artistic pace and not fear I wouldn't have money to live on.

Faith is the very first thing you should pack in a hope chest.

At some point, we have to move away from the pack to take certain journeys on our own.

What separated Ed Murrow from the rest of the pack was courage.

I always followed my heart and if my heart said I gotta pack up and go, I'm gone.

I took a huge risk. At the time, I was an Orlando Magic dancer, and I was going on my third year. It was then when wrestling was introduced to me. I took a chance, packed up all my stuff, and moved away from home.

When I packed my bags to come to Mumbai from Delhi, I did not know a soul here.

My parents took a chance and sacrificed their jobs and a big move to California. And they were like, 'Are you sure you want to do this? We're literally packing up this whole house.' And I would always say, 'Yeah.' I'm six years old. And they were like, 'OK, if she wants to do this and this is her passion, then let's do it.'

Every New Year's Eve, I have a pact to do something I never thought I'd do. So I created this list. You have to free your mind to do things you wouldn't think of doing. Don't ever say no.

It is scary to write - period - for me, but once you get past the idea that it's scary to write, I still can only be who I am. As a writer, my job, to me, is to expose myself - to really sort of dig in and find out who I am and then put it on the page.

The hardest part is telling one's story. Once the story is on the page, the rest will come.

My whole thing is, I've got to be as good, as courageous as what's written on the page.

Be willing to use yourself to get out there and put the company on the market. If you have to make a fool of yourself, make a fool of yourself, but make sure that you end up on the front pages, not the back pages. In time, it's possible that your company will stand out from the crowd, and you'll be successful.

I came from a rugby school and rugby nation, but I fancied giving football a go, and luckily, it paid off.

I can handle pain.

I'm mindful not to get too self-pitying or too revealing of my own pain.

I've always been scared to death of pain - afraid, even, to think of it.

I could be a bit of a pain in the arse. Since I've come out of my cancer, I must say I intend to be even more of a pain in the arse.