Quotes About Courage

I'm after people that want to fight, who are the real people. The real fighting men, that's what I want to deal with.

While 'Precious' isn't a real person, it's someone's story, and it's too many peoples' story.

There is real power in seeing yourself as a hero. Because then you believe that you can do anything.

I've got a real problem when I know something is wrong or I feel something is wrong, I'm going to speak about it. I get it from my mother.

In France, when there was a war, we fought and our ancestors fought, though many had real reason to flee the Germans.

It is not a computer generated image, like you see on TV or some movie in Hollywood - this is the real thing a guy built, a rocket he's sitting in it and he can be dead in 10 seconds.

Fear is a real thing.

The real women who decide to enlist to work their way up in the ranks to become a Major in the United States Army are some freakin' tough broads.

I'm a big boy with big shoulders and I've had some real world issues so getting some stick online doesn't bother me.

See, a painting is much cheaper than making a film. And photography is, you know, way cheap. So if I get an idea for a film, there are many ways to get it together and go realise that film. There's really nothing to be afraid of.

In my 20s I was such a serious, boring-looking person. I would never do my nails. I never even danced. But I was taught by the women. They had gone through hell, but they would dance and sing. I came to realise I can't argue for a happy world if I am not happy myself.

When I see films like 'Lagaan' and 'Rang De Basanti,' I feel, 'Why can't I do work like this?' Then you think and realise you need to learn more to make this kind of a film or write this kind of a film. Also, somewhere down the line, you need to be brave.

We've all said, 'No, no, I couldn't do that... ' But actually, you could if you just went, 'You know what? I will... and I shall.' Once you realise that, it's quite wonderful.

A lot of people might say, 'He must be seeing this person because he has problems,' but actually, the truth is it's a strength to realise you're doing things wrong... and it's a strength to get help.

One fine day, I realised that advertising was not my calling. I closed shop and plunged into theatre.

I realised that there's a more muscular approach to film-making that I found very inspiring.

When I grew up, I realised what an amazing thing my parents did. It was such a big deal for my mom, a middle class woman, to decide to leave her children and husband to go and do her Ph.D. for three years. And my dad, who is even more middle class, a traditional South Indian, to let his wife do that.

My dream was, start young, take hormones, live as a woman, try and become as passable as possible, bury your past, change your friends. Now I've realised that I don't have to be ashamed of my past.

Over the years I've realised that there's nothing wrong with me. But there was a long way for me to go to get back to this loud and outgoing kid, and to get to the point where I could say, 'Yeah, I'm gay, so what?'

I have a lot of courage. I'm a realist.

Today, I don't have any psychological scars, because I am a realist and an optimist. After all, I can't lose my legs twice.

I'm a realist and I'm not going to shy away from being knocked out.

I wouldn't have run for office if I wasn't an optimistic person. I'm a realistic optimistic person, though.

Our aim is not to die. It is to carry out the revolution, to make a reality of our ideas. We must live, to get them accepted by the people.