Quotes About Courage

Don't be disquieted in time of adversity. Be firm with dignity and self-reliant with vigor.

You know what happened the last time a group of people said, 'Screw it, we don't care what you think'? They got hung as witches.

Faith allows us to enter peacefully into the dark night which faces every one of us at one time or another.

During my time in the camps, I had got to know the enemies of the human race quite well: they respect the big fist and nothing else; the harder you slug them, the safer you will be.

With vision there is no room to be frightened. No reason for intimidation. It's time to march forward! Let's be confident and positive!

Faith isn't about having everything figured out ahead of time; faith is about following the quiet voice of God without having everything figured out ahead of time.

Cancer victims who don't accept their fate, who don't learn to live with it, will only destroy what little time they have left.

Fearlessness is not the absence of fear. It's the mastery of fear. It's about getting up one more time than we fall down.

Enough of passivity and passing time while waiting for the boy friend, the girl friend, the Goddess, or the Revolution.

The time has come for all good men to rise above principle.

The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them

Anyone who said he wasn't afraid during the civil rights movement was either a liar or without imagination. I was scared all the time. My hands didn't shake but inside I was shaking.

I don't know about you, but every time some joker points me out as I walk through an airport wearing extra-small Dolfin shorts, a tank top and leg warmers, I get a little upset.

Just like when there's a time that a smart person knows enough is enough, there's a time when you know you've got to fight.

There's never a right time to say goodbye. But I gotta make the first move 'cause if I don't you're gonna start hating me.

You've got to stand up and do your own battles. My daddy taught me that a long time ago, that you fight your own battles. The only way to shut everybody up is to win.

This is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure.

Every time I look at my pocketbook, I see Jackie Robinson.

When you think of me as a football player, I would like for people to think that I put it on the line every time. Good or bad, win or lose, I put it on the line.

I have never been remotely ashamed of having been depressed. Never. What's to be ashamed of? I went through a really rough time and I am quite proud that I got out of that.

From the time I was a child I wanted to be like my mother. Not necessarily an actress - I never dreamed I'd have the courage. But an active, volatile woman like she was.

One has to speak out and stand up for one's convictions. Inaction at a time of conflagration is inexcusable.

Go forward, knowing that you are greater than the challenges of your time.

Time isn't the enemy. Fear of change is. Accept that nothing lasts forever and you'll start to appreciate the advantages of whatever age you are now.