Quotes About Courage

I know what it's like to take punches.

I'm not going to be anybody's punching bag.

I'm just a normal fellow who gets punched in the face for a living and gets punched really hard at times as well. But you know what? I'm all right at punching them back.

If the government has any courage, it will punish those at the top of failed banks. Accountability is critical in every area of human endeavour - there has to be a penalty for failure; otherwise, it's only a matter of time before the economic pain our banks have caused to so many innocent businesses and homeowners is forgotten.

Sometimes on the outside courts we'd play and guys would get into fights. I never backed down, even if the guy was stronger and I'd get punished.

I don't really know who I am. I used to get scared at that thought, but now I've stopped punishing myself for not knowing.

I have the skills to box and not get into a war. I've been getting punishment I shouldn't be taking because, sometimes, I'm too brave for my own good. When I've got good footwork and movement, I should use them.

I've always been tough my whole life. I'm able to take a lot of punishment, and that might be an even greater asset than my offense. I'm the guy that can take your best shot, and I'm not going to go down.

What was punk all about? To me, it was if you really want to do something, go ahead and do it.

People would think I wouldn't like Noel Coward. I think he was the original punk in a lot of ways. You know. Saucy. Doing his own thing.

There was something punk rock about Bobby Kennedy not going where the pollsters said or where consultants said. He was unmoored from what was safe or easy.

Rodeo riders are the last of the true chivalrous groups of people. It's a place where the competition is really pure.

I feel like, Barry Seal, he's pure of heart.

I'm not in this for superstardom. I do it purely for the love of the sport. I just love fighting.

The only medal that I am certain I deserved is the Purple Heart.

My dear Excellency! I have not gone to war to collect cheese and eggs, but for another purpose.

I am a person who goes out without a purse.

My whole life I've been purse first.

I was greatly inspired by my late father, who was a well-known name in the brewing industry. It was he who encouraged me to take the road less traversed and gave me the confidence to pursue my path of entrepreneurship.

Upon graduation, I hit a wall. All of my good friends from UCLA were taking on jobs they were passionate about, and I felt left behind. It took a bit of soul searching, but in the end, I finally had the guts to pursue acting.

My period days didn't make me falter: they made me more determined to pursue my dreams.

I moved from Denmark to America. I left my family. I left my school. I left my friends. And it was basically to pursue my career, and I didn't know if it was going to work out. So that was very scary to leave everything and just put everything into a whole new thing where you don't know if you're going to make it or not. But I think I'm doing good.

No matter how dark or precarious it may seem, continue to pursue your truth.

I just think it's growth when you pursue something you're not sure you can do.