Quotes About Courage

Anita Hill thanklessly put herself and her career as a law professor on the line more than 25 years ago to publicly name Clarence Thomas for sexually harassing her at work.

I have a portrait of Saint Thomas More in my office.

Advance, and never halt, for advancing is perfection. Advance and do not fear the thorns in the path, for they draw only corrupt blood.

Human beings are the only animals of which I am thoroughly and cravenly afraid.

Make bold choices and make mistakes. It's all those things that add up to the person you become.

I do not fear Satan half so much as I fear those who fear him.

Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.

Many will call me an adventurer - and that I am, only one of a different sort: one of those who risks his skin to prove his platitudes.

It's important to stand up to all forms of bullying, and it's even more important for those who are around you to be just as courageous and stand with you!

Revolutionaries do not make revolutions. The revolutionaries are those who know when power is lying in the street and then they can pick it up.

Only those who have the courage to take a penalty miss them.

Hope thou not much, and fear thou not at all.

Thou shalt not give birth reluctantly.

Because thou must not dream, thou need not despair.

When facing a difficult task, act as though it is impossible to fail. If you are going after Moby Dick, take along the tartar sauce.

I was brought up to believe I could achieve anything. My mother instilled in me the belief that there was always something great coming. For example, even though I'm afraid of flying, I always think the plane can't crash because there are so many better things still to come.

The high-spirited man may indeed die, but he will not stoop to meanness. Fire, though it may be quenched, will not become cool.

I was 'gay-bashed' when I was in school even though, you know, I'm not... I'm a straight guy that just happens to be what I do. So, it's easily relatable to me. It was awful. It's a hard time in a kid's life.

I'm greedy for that satisfaction of doing something hard and knowing that, even though I was afraid I couldn't do it, that somehow I can deliver.

Like Indiana Jones, I don't like snakes - though that might lead some to ask why I'm in politics.

It's become my brand in a way, you know, speaking the truth even though it was not politically correct.

As a kid growing up, I didn't want to tell any of my classmates I did figure-skating because I knew they'd be like, 'Oh, you're a skater, you're gay, blah blah blah.' So I kept it to myself. Once I started getting to more of an elite level, I didn't really care what people thought, though.

I knew that I was gay, I knew it. I just couldn't see myself as a gay woman, even though that's where my heart was.

King Arthur was one of my heroes because he was such a marvelous, heroic, courageous, and magnificent person that I had to admire him even though I knew perfectly well that I could never be in any way like that.