Quotes About Courage

The first African-American leader was Dr. Martin Luther King.

We have to remember that Dr. King was not an idle dreamer. Dr. King was a man of action. If Dr. King were here, he would challenge us and exhort us.

Martin Luther King and Gandhi were not people who failed in self-respect. They were people of hope and great courage, and their courage was disciplined.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is one of my personal heroes.

I teethed on books of heroes such as Winston Churchill, Abraham Lincoln and King David.

There are many people making a difference. I mean, Dr. King never held an office. Gandhi never held an office. There are people who are archetypes in our society who have never held office and made a difference.

I just know I'm too much of a wuss for Stephen King's books. I'm way too chicken to read horror.

It's what kings do. If you want to be the best, you have to beat the best.

I would kiss you, had I the courage.

The fathers, if they got me alone, would try to kiss and fondle me. I hated it.

To me, there is no greater act of courage than being the one who kisses first.

Kissing is kind of scary.

If you can't stand the heat in the dressing room, get out of the kitchen.

I see a lot of people who change careers in the middle of their life and they think it's a good idea to come in the kitchen.

I've never bent the knee to anyone in my life.

But I'm not going to let my knee alter anything I do in the ring. My move set is part of what makes me unique and there's no way I'm going to throw that away out of fear.

They amputated my my right leg right below the knee. It was a tough decision, but it had to be done.

Cancer didn't bring me to my knees, it brought me to my feet.

Better to die on one's feet than to live on one's knees.

When I was 18, I broke my leg, and my shin came right through - like I had two knees.

In the ring, I never really knew fear.

No hard guy's not scared when another hard guy's knife is coming at you. You're scared, obviously, but you've to act less scared than he is. It's who is going to act less scared.

I really enjoy the immediacy of the 'knife and gun clubs,' as they're so callously called. Emergency is a great place to learn about people.

Men, we don't need you to be a knight in shining armor. We just need you to be a little bit brave, just a little bit. And some of them are, and that's what he does.