Quotes About Courage

We must not allow the horrific actions of madmen to cut us off from our humanity.

I don't think people like to read about themselves or about others as they really are. It would be too horrifying.

Somebody close to me once said, 'Oh, no man will ever accept your children.' And I just thought it was the most horrifying thing someone has ever said to me in my entire life. I was determined to find somebody who would make that not true.

I am determined to go through the horror of this world.

I don't do girlfriendy sort of things, like shopping or going to spas. Spas fill me with horror. Frankly, I'd be more interested in doing a walk through the sewers of London!

I'd never thought of horror as being so challenging, but it is.

I actually do like scary movies. I used to hate scary movies. You know, when I was young, I saw 'The Changeling,' with George C. Scott, which I think is the scariest movie ever made. After I saw that, I swore I would never see a horror film again. Then I started making them.

I'm not a big horror movie fan. I am afraid of them; they scare me.

I'm never scared, so I don't watch horror movies. Back in the day, I was. I was scared of 'It' - you know, the one with the clown. That's the thing I found scariest in my life, but since then, not really - I don't watch them.

I do watch a lot of horror movies, so not a lot of things scare me anymore.

One way to stop a runaway horse is to bet on him.

I get butterflies before going out to ride every day, but they disappear as soon as I am on a horse, and I think that is the same for most jockeys. Then it is just down to you and the horse, and there is a certain freedom in that.

As you ride in a steeplechase, and you're on the horse, going quite fast, you think, 'That's quite a big fence...' But trust the horse, and don't give him any reason to doubt you.

'War Horse' is just an extraordinary being.

I rode a horse once when I was young, and I fell off. I never wanted to ride a horse again.

It's the fight game, and everyone loses. You win some, you lose some. You just try to get back up on the horse.

You won't catch me riding a horse, because I'm afraid of them.

After I broke my leg I had to go back and do one of the remakes of 'The Magnificent Seven' and ended up on a horse that pitched me off and broke my leg again... I rode horses pretty well. I just didn't like doing it.

Gabrielle Union

You cannot make horses 'safe.'

I've always said - I don't know why - that I didn't like horses and was scared of them.

I have fallen off many horses.

A lot of my friends were gay, so I was spat on on the bus daily, and I ended up in hospital a couple of times from being beaten up so badly.

My biggest fears aren't with my work. My biggest fears are walking through hospital doors. Once you can face that, being fearless about your work is easy.