Quotes About Courage

Peter Jackson is a real big hero of mine because he had the nerve to make 'The Hobbit' at 48 frames per second.

Because my husband, Peter, died young, I've already faced the scariest thing in my life. Now I live out the dreams for both of us.

My first fight. I fought a girl that was a little bit heavier, a little bit more experienced and I was petrified because I didn't know what I was getting myself into. And I did really well against her and nobody believed it was my first fight.

But when the 'Glee' audition came around, my manager literally had to talk me into it. I was petrified to sing in front of anyone.

If you fear phantoms, you're like a child frightened of seeing things in the dark.

I went through that phase in my life where everything I did wrong was displayed into the public and all over national TV, so I went through a part of my life where I was afraid to do things because I didn't want to make a mistake.

After my Kannada debut, I went through a difficult phase in life. People would make fun of me behind my back, and there were days I would cry alone for hours.

Fear is a phenomena that each one of us faces, in different ways.

This is what Philadelphia fighters are all about - rising to the occasion - and that's what I've been doing my whole career.

I would like philanthropists to take more risks and invest more in risk capital.

It was already hard enough growing up in the Philippines but imagine being blind, that's 10 times harder.

You wouldn't believe how many philosophers are afraid of movement.

In mountaineering, there is not only the activity, but the philosophy behind it. Some say a moral, but I am against that because all morality is dangerous.

It's one of the guiding philosophies of my life - not fearing any authority on earth.

Having a phobia has changed me.

I have a major phobia of height and water.

Phoenix Nights' was really starting to take off. But I was scared to leave my job in case things didn't work out.

Words do cut, and they do hurt. It was one thing growing up where you were bullied, but you'd just come home. Now you can't really escape it. It's to a point where you turn off that phone, you live your life, and you try not to let the words of others offend or stop you from being you and living your life.

Some of the kids in school used to call my father a fake or a phony. That kind of thing brought on a few fights.

I'm petrified of facing the camera. Even to shoot for a photograph is an ordeal. But it's important to break free of your inhibitions at some point in your life.

The funny thing is, when you look at photos of Tuvia Bielski, he was fair, blue-eyed, and could pass for a Gentile.

'It can't be done' is not a phrase I recognize.

I have no physical courage, I've asked for a double.

I learned that moral courage is harder than physical courage.