Quotes About Courage

There is nothing, really, that I wouldn't write about, and I do write about a lot of grim things.

This is going to sound really crude, but I lost my fingers in a meat grinder.

'Dream' is about having fears and doing your best to embrace them no matter how strenuous the grip is.

I think lots of boys sat down with 'The Three Musketeers' and felt it was a really long book, but then discovered that it's a really gripping swashbuckling story.

If you're afraid of death, I would say, either fight for your life or come to grips with the fact you may not make it. And in doing that there shouldn't be bitterness. There should be a celebration. There should be an understanding of how lucky you are. That's how I feel.

Tough, gritty, those are things that have been in me since I was a little kid.

I break ground. I trailblaze.

On Thanksgiving Night, 1942, when I was fifteen years old, white racists burned our house to the ground.

I know what it's like to be in the closet! I know what it's like to be bullied and attacked because someone or some group thought I was different or below them... so, I'm coming out of the closet as an ally of equality for everyone; as an ally to hope.

Make no mistake: we will win, and groups like ISIL will lose.

Half the stuff I have done which has been successful would never have been made if it had been shown to focus groups.

If you are just safe about the choices you make, you don't grow.

If you're just safe about the choices you make, you don't grow.

Grace under pressure isn't just about bullfighters and men at war. It's about getting up every day to face a job or a white boss you don't like but have to face to feed your children so they'll grow up to be a better generation.

I speak truth, not so much as I would, but as much as I dare; and I dare a little more, as I grown older.

Someone once told me growth and comfort do not coexist. And I think it's a really good thing to remember.

Ask yourself when you learn the most. I guarantee it's when you felt at risk.

Life is dangerous. There are no guarantees.

Letting your guard down and the world into your home is very risky, I know.

I'm strong enough to guard the big guys and have enough heart to lock them down.

We have to lower our guard and know saying something's wrong isn't a bad thing.

Guess, if you can, and choose, if you dare.

I guess I'm breaking out a little of what's comfortable and easy.

I experimented with roles in films such as 'Guide,' 'Mujhe Jeene Do' and 'Teesri Kasam.'