Quotes About Courage

When I hung up my toe shoes, I didn't look back. In all my years, I have never looked back.

I like my chances toe to toe with just about anybody.

I'm not about trying to hand pick my fights and tip toe around the competition.

I wouldn't want to be known as Mr Depression, but I found that when I did dip a toe in the water and talk about it, the response from the public was incredible.

When I was a little kid I was embarrassed to tell people I had six toes, and I still do have six toes.

I can't really say I miss my toes.

Who does this, at age 71, try to put a tour together from scratch? I have to say it's scary at times. But I like a challenge 'cause it keeps you on your toes.

On a beautiful clear Sunday morning, myself and James Nesbitt jumped out of a plane together at 18,000 feet.

I spent three weeks on a converted shrimp trawler with 17 people, two toilets, and one shower, all the while diving every day with very active sharks.

I'm not afraid to look like a big, hairy, smelly, foreign devil in Tokyo, though I do my best not to, I really do.

I grew up in Paris and in Japan. My parents didn't have any kind of glamorous jobs or anything - it just happened. We moved a lot and wanted to go to Tokyo, so we did it. They were never afraid to give up on the present and move on.

My dad really wanted to work in Tokyo and he made it happen. That's important in the way that I grew up. If my parents wanted to do something, then they would do it, and they always push me to try things, to not be afraid of changes and to go out in the world and not be bound by what we're supposed to do.

The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.

I have a high tolerance for discomfort.

I've always been a bit of a daredevil, even as a little girl with a pretty high pain tolerance and things like that.

Because of my sickle-cell disease, I have a high tolerance for pain.

I have a high tolerance for pain - both physical and mental.

Because we men have been physically stronger and more arrogant, we've influenced much of the cool stuff of the world, like basing the definition of courage on what we do on battlefields rather than on the patience or endurance or tolerance necessary for a sometimes painful daily grind that includes small children.

My risk tolerance is higher than some people's, but it's not nearly as high as some people's. I don't want to exaggerate my bravado. I haven't been on the front lines. I haven't ever stepped on a land mine.

We all have our levels of risk tolerance. People who have decided they want to go to space are going to go.

I have a high tolerance for pain.

I'm very tough and I have a high tolerance for pain.

If you can't tolerate critics, don't do anything new or interesting.

The psychic task which a person can and must set for himself is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity.