Quotes About Courage

I remember one summer I played, like, with the granddaughter of this known Klan member. Like, all summer we caught cicadas. And we had grown close, and so it was, like, time for her birthday party and I said 'Oh, like, what time do I come for your party?' And she's like 'Oh, no, you can't come to my house 'cause my parents don't like black people.'

When you write a memoir, and it's your life, and you're exposing things that are close to home, it's hard to see it changed.

What we usually do to great men and women is relegate them to homogenised heroism. Their words and actions become soundbites and images in a way that gives us an excuse not to act bravely in our own lives.

They really do a disservice because these men and women came out of the Depression, they came out of the war.

What makes America amazing is that there have always been men and women of courage who were willing to think more about the future of their children and grandchildren than they did about their own political careers.

Cosmonauts can keep their word like men and women - particularly women.

As Americans, we should all convey our thanks to the brave men and women who have selflessly and courageously served our nation.

In the many roles I have played in my acting career as military figures, I have simply drawn upon the acts of courage, large and small, I have seen in the men and women with whom I served, and the countless others I met or have come to know through the years.

Contrary to what most of Hollywood will tell you, the men and women of our armed forces are the best among us. Not only because of how they serve, but because they are able to find the best in each other... And they are able to encapsulate the best in all of us.

There really, truly is a code that rodeo men and women have you can't find anywhere else. There really is a code. It's a sense of tribalism.

The men and women in the United States Military allow me to live my dream, and I want to continue to do everything I can to thank them.

I'm not really comfortable unless there's some kind of risk - either physical or mental.

I remember being in middle and high school and hearing Demi Lovato speak up about her mental illness, and that was comforting.

I don't find anything upsetting or gross or degrading about fighting with a mental illness: Bipolar or Schizophrenia.

I know what it's like to feel marginalized and defeated and humiliated by suffering from a mental illness.

Curiosity, rationalization, and laziness are no match against courage, self-control, and mental toughness.

Self-belief, I think, is my biggest strength. The mental toughness comes into play whenever the chips are down.

I feel like mental toughness has been a huge part.

Feel the fear, and do it anyway. That's the mentality. Even if you're scared, just do it.

I'm not the type of guy to back down from anybody. I think if you want to fight in the octagon you have to have that mentality.

My mentality from the day I started playing sports was that you get up, you dust yourself off and you do it again.

I don't know why I feel the need to try and do everything. But I kind of have this mentality that you live once, and I have a lot of things that I want to do and there's a lot of things that I want to try. So I have to at least give it a shot before I don't try at all or like, give up on things.

Without risk you can't experience life. There have to be risks, physically and mentally, taken by everyone.

Some people are mentally strong.