Quotes About Courage

It seems at times fate knocks on people's door, and they are too afraid to pursue it.

When I was 15, my mom and I packed everything up and moved to Nashville so I could pursue my dream in music.

I think what I most admired about my father was his extraordinary courage. He had such energy to pursue whatever he wanted, and he really didn't care what others thought.

I moved across the country when I was 16, so I left my high school and finished school online in order to pursue my acting more.

The course that I have uniformly pursued, ever since I became a missionary, has been rather peculiar. In order to become an acceptable and eloquent preacher in a foreign language, I deliberately abjured my own. When I crossed the river, I burnt my ships.

I've discovered I've got this preoccupation with ordinary people pursued by large forces.

For a number of years I was relentlessly pursued by 10 to 15 men, almost daily. Spat at, verbally abused.

If I'd had more courage, I would've pursued a less commercial path. Maybe I would've gone into musical theater.

In a society that glorifies the pioneers, it's easy to think that an endeavor is only worth pursuing if you can be the first to pursue it.

Spiritual consciousness is, on the whole, very adventurous and all about pursuing our deepest, most fulfilling dreams.

I embraced everything that I thought would hold me back from pursuing my dreams and used my insecurities to give me the courage to inspire and advocate for others who possessed many of the same insecurities I had.

Our bodies are held captive, but our pursuit of freedom cannot be contained.

Character acting is a much braver pursuit than a guy who runs around and intermittently clenches his jaw muscles.

I have always been drawn to male-dominated industries and adrenaline-filled pursuits.

Why do you all push us around?

I think I take on a little more responsibility when push comes to shove. I'm not scared to fail.

No experience is necessary to push yourself past what you think you can do.

I guess I've always wanted to push the boundaries as an actor.

When it comes down to it, at the end of the day, I need more out of my life and I need to push myself harder. And if at the end of the day I don't have it, then I don't have it, but at least I'm going to put myself out there. If I fail, I'm going to fail terrifically.

I get scared as crap to perform but I push myself to do it. I don't know what I would be doing without it.

You just deal with the cards that are dealt you and you just go on and push forward.

To push behind the dog sled and run in front of the dog sled. That was always an interesting job.

You have to always push back, whatever the pressures put on you.

Normally, we push away the things we're scared of.