Quotes About Courage

To make the reader afraid, I had to be afraid.

The kind of true-life writing that is fun to read - that makes an ally of the reader - is the kind that you are so nervous about putting down on paper that you lock the Word file with a secret password and encrypt it - and all of it.

Truth, honesty, empowerment - it's what I want for myself and my readers.

I think that young readers have very strong stomachs.

I can't understand why people so readily put themselves up to be humiliated.

All over the country, they're reading about me, and the story doesn't center on me being gay. It's just about a gay person who is doing his job.

Books have the power to be the light we are seeking at crucial moments in our lives. Reading helps us realize we are not alone, that we can change our circumstances and even achieve the impossible.

I grew up reading books about heroic collies.

Apparently I'm the most naked that anyone's been on TNT. My poor mother. I'm ready to run away.

Explorers have to be ready to die lost.

Not everything happens as we want or desire. It doesn't matter. I'm a fighter, and I'm ready to fight every time.

I am ready to rot in jail for the rest of my life rather than admit that my small-minded enemies are right.

I know that I am going to die, and I'm ready to do so.

In 1942, everyone was ready to go and fight for the good guys. It was so simple.

Ronald Reagan's well documented final battles with Alzheimer's disease were fought with the same conviction and courage that his many public battles were fought.

The only real failure is giving up.

Real nobility is based on scorn, courage, and profound indifference.

I think documentary filmmaking is a braver way to make films because it's real, and you're really there.

Driving in the rain, in real life, separates the men from the boys, I'd say.

In TV, you look to make characters consistent, but in real life, we're not consistent. Sometimes we're brave, and sometimes we're not. Sometimes we're very aggressive, and sometimes we back right down.

Fear doesn't exist in football, especially for Real Madrid.

Being bold in the shirt of Real Madrid is not easy.

Exploration by real people inspires us.

You see who the real people are when they're challenged.