Quotes About Courage

Fear is the major cargo that American writers must stow away when the writing life calls them into carefully chosen ranks.

My parents tried to sell me. I was looking for a way to share my feelings, so I started to rap to talk about the painful experience of being a girl.

Give me an entrepreneur with a lot of courage, gusto and who iterates rapidly, and I will back that person day in and day out.

I'm on the front line and I am a rapper.

All my friends were rappers, so I just thought I might as well take a shot at it.

I think, a lot of times, the mistake in music - even rappers that are trying to be big time - if you're broke, rap about being broke. If you're sensitive, rap about being sensitive, 'cause there are other sensitive people. If you're sensitive, but you talk about being a tough person that doesn't care about anything, people will call your bluff.

Me and my dad used to go to these jam sessions and open mic nights, but I was always scared of singing on stage. It felt different to rapping - more pressured.

Fugitive slaves were rare then, and as a fugitive slave lecturer, I had the advantage of being the first one out.

It is something that is called MDS. It is a rare blood disorder that affects the bone marrow. I'm going to beat this. My doctors say it and my faith says it.

The joy of style lies not in how we look to other people, but in how we look to ourselves - and the most memorable and beautiful outfits are simply those that, in some rare moment of joy, we found the courage to share with the world.

Men are intimidated by me: I very rarely get asked out.

Absolutely, I don't believe in rules. As I tell my daughter when she is mischievous, 'Well-behaved women rarely make history.'

I'm not nearly as outrageously brave as many of my rascals that I write. But I think the rascal spirit must reside in me somewhere.

Part of writing a novel is being willing to leap into the blackness. You have very little idea, really, of what's going to happen. You have a broad sense, maybe, but it's this rash leap.

There is a difference between being bold and being rash.

I'm not in any rat race. This allows me to take up roles that are traditionally considered risky for a heroine to essay.

I don't have any fear. I'm not scared to push myself and run and play and get my heart rate up.

Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one.

I'd rather have a broken arm than a broken heart.

I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved who I am not. Even if you're not accepted, at least you are still yourself.

Larger-than-life roles have never excited me. I'd rather play someone real who goes through obstacles and becomes a hero.

Like Winston Churchill said, 'Never give up,' and I won't give up. It's a miracle that we even got on the air, and I'm very pleased with the ratings and the response.

I hate rats. I had a pet rat to try and overcome it. I even gave him mouth-to mouth resuscitation when he had a heart attack. But I couldn't conquer it.

I had mice that I kept as pets when I was very young, and I've always liked the way they look. Even rats. I'm not scared of them.