Quotes About Courage

Mrs. Parks' act of brave defiance rocked the foundation of American society and inspired generations of civil rights leaders and created a sense of hope for every American facing legal discrimination in this country.

Rosa Parks inspired many. She will not be forgotten.

When I was 15 years old in 1955, I heard of Rosa Parks. I heard the words of Martin Luther King, Jr. on our radio.

The action of Rosa Parks, the words and leadership of Dr. King inspired me. I was deeply inspired. I wanted to do something.

I thank those activists such as Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, Malcolm X, and others. They risked - and sometimes lost - their lives in the name of freedom and equality.

You know, I am a Leo. Lion is a giant part of me.

That's how you live. You participate. You take risks.

Life requires things from you - if you're really living it and are really alive - that are really difficult and painful, and you can't avoid those things if you're really participating.

I hope that I inspire women to believe in themselves, no matter where they come from; no matter what education they have; what particular background they originate from.

I am not a particularly thick-skinned person.

In my everyday life I'm a little bit nervous and not particularly brave. I feel like if I can be completely brave in my work then I'm doing something right.

I was a little girl fighting as a partisan against Nazi-Fascism.

I just never wanted to be in a position where I wouldn't be able to walk down the street holding my partner's hand.

I am glad I have a partner like Tahira who is very brave, strong, who is an inspiration.

In all parts of the Old World, as well as of the New, it was evident that Columbus had kindled a fire in every mariner's heart. That fire was the harbinger of a new era, for it was not to be extinguished.

The good parts are the people who don't make do. They're the interesting people. Lear doesn't make do.

The best roles have risks... and those are the parts I'm interested in.

I always want to be a messenger, a person that, you know, that's not afraid to pass on wisdom.

And what 's impossible can't be, And never, never comes to pass.

I really want Americans, and all of us, to be less afraid of death, and know that it's a passage, but that - don't go to the funeral before the day of the funeral.

Galatians 1:10 is my favorite passage.

Working with Roshni gives me lot of confidence. When I started SSN - in 1994, after a windfall gain from HCL-HP then - I was OK to do it alone. My brother, who was supposed to head it, passed away. We had a governing council to run it. That was a leap of faith, and we didn't know where we will get.

The first time I passed as a woman in public was on leave in the U.S. from my deployment to Iraq in February 2010.

La palabra "riesgo" procede del italiano risicare, que significa "atreverse". En este sentido, el riesgo es más bien una elección que un destino.... La idea de la gestión de riesgos solo surge cuando las personas creen que hasta cierto punto son agentes libres.