Quotes About Courage

Back on Nov. 23, 1963, I sailed into Manhattan Harbor onboard the Queen Mary and landed with no job and contacts and just $135 in my pocket. My first lodging was in a rundown hotel for $27 a week with the bathroom down the end of a corridor of beds.

I was afraid my family would lock me up and give me electroshock. I was a screaming queen.

When you stop to take a minute and look at Queen Latifah's career, she came out of the box right. You know, 'Ladies First!' And she's been consistent with that message of female self-empowerment. She really has!

Lauryn Hill. I admire her bravery and her strength. Hands down to the queen.

I used to go along to the auditions for school plays but I never had the courage to actually audition. I wanted to sing though and was really into Elton John, Rod Stewart and Queen, so I eventually forced myself to sing at Brean Sands Holiday Park in Somerset when I was 14.

Christine and the Queens is about not being safe.

Frankly, if people aren't going to cast me because I'm queer, than I don't want to work with them.

I wouldn't want to lose out on my macho action movie just because I told people I was queer.

Queer is invincible because people have tried everything - haven't they? What haven't they tried to do to queer people? And horrible things happened. But you never stop, because it's the truth of who you are.

If queer people are nothing, we are strong.

The greatest gift is not being afraid to question.

Life is about overcoming self-doubt. But you don't grow if you don't question yourself.

Being outspoken about my faith isn't just something that I do; it's who I am because my faith isn't just a little piece of my life. It is my life. It's not a question of whether I'm outspoken about it or not. I'm definitely not ashamed of it.

The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be... The nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists.

On some positions, Cowardice asks the question, 'Is it safe?' Expediency asks the question, 'Is it politic?' And Vanity comes along and asks the question, 'Is it popular?' But Conscience asks the question, 'Is it right?'

What can we be in life? Few figures in history have answered this question with as much clarity and moral authority as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

I love showing my scar on my tummy - it is shaped like a question mark.

If a rider is concerned about questionable practices, it's his duty to speak up for the good of others.

If there is one thing I fear less than everything else, it is, I believe, persecution for my opinions. There are a good many points about which I may be diffident, but when it comes to questions of Truth and intellectual independence, there is no holding me - I can envisage no finer end than to sacrifice oneself for a conviction.

It's about putting the pedal to the metal and not asking any questions at all and just going for it.

I'm different, and my manner invites questions. I'm never afraid to answer.

There are many questions, but I cannot answer because I'm not a businessman, I am a climber.

I think the best directors aren't afraid to ask questions.

One of the hardest questions I have been asked is 'How will you manage the army if you are having menstrual cramps?' I have also been asked if I will have the courage to face criminals. My answer is that courage is not a matter of gender.