Quotes About Courage

Getting on a plane is hard for me, but I do it, because travel is vital to me.

Being vital means knowing the rules and being brave enough to break them.

I don't need to be liked, but I need to be vital - on set or on stage - and I think that probably would be my advice: Stay vital. It's about saying 'no' and asking the tough questions and believing in yourself when no one else will, but you have to know the rules to break them.

I vividly remember D'Angelo's 'How Does it Feel?' as a song I listened to around the time I came out.

Fear doesn't enter into my vocabulary. Fear is the gateway to the next step in my development.

They say, 'Nothing can be done here!' I reply, 'I know no such word in the vocabulary I adopt!'

The word 'suffering' is not in my vocabulary.

Fear isn't in my vocabulary in terms of how I approach a fight.

If you're not ready to die for it, put the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary.

You have to be very vocal about being willing to fight anyone.

My fear with 'Lear' was that I would not have the physical or vocal strength. But this play, it's all in your head. That was one of the really interesting things when we were rehearsing it: We were all exhausted because it was all up here.

I have a lot of security - I lost my mother to the Taliban because of a lack of security - and that explains partly why I can be so vocal.

You want to win races? You've got to get out there, and you've got to be vocal, and you've got to work. When you win, you've got to actually represent. You've got to be willing to fight your party.

It is kind of easy for me to speak out. Just because I am very vocal in my music about a lot of different emotions, like anger, and normally stuff that people would hide, I'm okay with as a woman.

I've learnt there's nothing you can't do. I danced, for instance. I am not as reserved as I used to be. I've been on the reserved side since I was growing up perhaps because I was an only child, but that changed. I am way more confident. I'm more expressive and vocal.

I am vocal and I have had to pay a huge price for that.

I'm someone who has always believed in being extremely vocal about my thoughts, and I'm definitely not someone who's afraid to speak her mind.

Back in the day, I was afraid to speak out. When I get music behind me, it feels like I can soothe the hurt and put it in vocals and say it to the room the way I feel it.

I feel it would be a huge mistake for 'Vogue' always to be completely tasteful, completely perfect. I think it's very important for us to also rock the boat.

It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.

Stand before the people you fear and speak your mind - even if your voice shakes.

Sometimes the solitary voice can be the best one.

I know what's best for me, and I want to do things my way. So, now I listen to my inner voice and my heart - and that's how I make my decisions.

I want you to realize your voice matters.