Quotes About Courage

You've got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.

He was a terror to any snake that came in his path, whether it was the cold, slimy reptile sliding along the ground or the more dangerous snake that oppresses men through false teachings. And he drove the snakes out of the minds of men, snakes of superstition and brutality and cruelty.

I walked away from the people and job I knew and loved and the excitement of being near the action of politics and policymaking. Why? Because I did the research in this book and committed to myself to following the implications.

Sharing weakness is hard because it is the ultimate act of subversion against your special, objectified self. You won't go down without a fight!

To contemplate your eulogy, however, is the easy part. Now the harder part: staring right at your death and decline itself. This is what will truly eradicate the fear.

And to face this truth means defeating the fear of your own demise—literal and professional. This fear handcuffs you to your fluid intelligence curve. If you can master it, the reward is incalculable: it will set you free. But the only way to do it is by facing it head-on.

Another way to understand Brown's point is that, as we all know, defensiveness is a terrible quality and never helps us. The right goal is defenselessness.

Bridging, like warm-heartedness, takes courage.

Out where the handclasp's a little stronger,Out where the smile dwells a little longer,That's where the West begins.

I'm that sensitive, honest guy who likes people, wants to know why, and who puzzles everyone by continually putting himself in harm's way.

The great epochs of our life are the occasions when we gain the courage to rebaptize our evil qualities as our best qualities.

Heroic people take risks to themselves to help others. There's nothing heroic about accepting $5 million to go out and run around chasing a ball, although you may show fortitude or those other qualities while you do it.

I've always been attracted to films which explore the qualities of courage.

Just so we're clear, Mark Watney is who I want to be. He has all the qualities I like about myself magnified without any of the qualities I dislike. Mark Watney isn't afraid to fly.

Decisions! And a general, a commander in chief who has not got the quality of decision, then he is no good.

Passion is a quality I admire in a woman.

I don't pick and choose. I've never really had an qualms about who I fight next.

I am comfortable doing glamorous roles and have no qualms going nude if the character demands it.

I've always been an ambitious girl and I make no qualms in admitting that.

I got no quarrel with them Vietcong.

I don't believe in management by fear. I also won't sacrifice the future of a company for a quarter.

I shaved a quarter of my hair one time, and my poor nana was crying when I FaceTimed her, but I was like, 'It's just hair! It's fun.'

We talk about toughness as a quarterback: it's not sometimes the physical part that you see; it's the mental toughness and the 'I'm going to stand in here, take this shot,' and 'I'm going to deliver it to my guy.'

I love Orla Guerin - she's my queen... when I watch her on the news, I just can't believe how brave she is.