Quotes About Courage

It's taken me a long time to learn to accept the risks and just be willing to try it over and over again.

The time when you need to do something is when no one else is willing to do it, when people are saying it can't be done.

Of course, with the increasing number of aeroplanes one gains increased opportunities for shooting down one's enemies, but at the same time, the possibility of being shot down one's self increases.

People who are not prepared to do unpopular things and defy the clamor of the multitude are not fit to be ministers in time of difficulty.

Every time you take a risk or move out of your comfort zone, you have a great opportunity to learn more about yourself and your capacity.

I had many, many, many death threats. I couldn't open letters for a long time, because they all had to be opened by either the FBI or somebody.

In a time of darkness, you don't curse the darkness, you light a candle.

Let us ... quietly accept our times, with the firm conviction that just as much good can be done today as at any time in the past, provided only that we have the will and the way to do it.

I just think Rosa Parks was overrated. Last time I checked, she got famous for breaking the law.

Put on some armor. Just remember what's armor and what's you, so when it's time to take it off, you can.

Hit the delete button every time fear appears.

I was afraid of being a failure, of not having the best time or of being chicken. But every year I get older I think, What was I fearing last year?' You forget. And then you move on.

Every time we've moved ahead in IBM, it was because someone was willing to take a chance, put his head on the block, and try something new.

If we become too scared to confront the chief problems of our time, there is no hope of ever solving them.

If everyone is speaking caterpillar, don't be afraid to speak butterfly. When it's time to awaken, nothing else will suit you.

In time of grave public crisis, one must have the courage to face a million and one opponents.

The more time you spend in your discomfort zone, the more your comfort zone will expand.

A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.

I got what I have now through knowing the right time to tell terrible people when to go to hell.

There is a time to take a stand and there is a time to take your leave.

"I will admit, I've never had a student offer himself up for a vicious beating in order to prove he's worth my time." "This was nothing... Once I jumped off a roof."

Every time you make a movie you have to confront your fears.

We've all fallen, but at the same time we're not broken. There is the hint that we are going to get up again.

Every great general and warrior from the beginning of time was high.