Quotes About Courage

I make my mistakes in public.

We can't be afraid to make mistakes.

So fear helps me from making mistakes, but I make lot of mistakes.

If you have to make mistakes, make them good and big, don't be middling if you can help it.

Mistakes are nothing to be ashamed of.

There's an interesting mix to 'Robin Hood' because it's kind of modern but medieval. There is a blend of adventure with a very modern feel.

Fear is destructive. Fear and creativity don't mix. Ultimately, it doesn't do you any good.

The 'Horn 'OK' Pleassss' harassment incident and the mob attack there had sent me spiralling into a deep state of depression in 2008.

When I came out, initially, I faced some mocking. For the first 10-15 days, sometimes when I was out in public, people would shout things like 'lesbian.'

I would have loved to play Atticus in 'To Kill a Mockingbird.' There's no music in it, but it doesn't mean I wouldn't want to do it!

Modeling isn't all that tough.

The men and women who serve in the armed forces are great role models.

Models need to learn to speak up.

My biggest role models are not chefs, but women like Coco Chanel, Simone de Beauvoir, Nina Simone.

What we want from modern dance is courage and audacity.

When I was 21, I left college and set up business Swanky Modes with three friends in Camden, North London. We were four women who did not know much about business, so we learnt as we went along.

We need role models who are going to break the mold.

I've had letters from people who have read my articles and said, 'I'm a guy, I'm 18, and I've not come out to my mom and dad yet, but it was so nice to hear your story, and you know, I wish your article would have been longer, because you gave me hope for the future.'

The moment you feel yourself hesitate on something you know you should do, count 5-4-3-2-1 to activate your prefrontal cortex and interrupt the habit of overthinking, self-doubt, and fear.

I'm missing a knuckle, it's crushed inside my hand at the moment.

If you have fear then it means you are not living in the moment.

There's moments where I want to break down and cry, but not give up.

If you don't have those moments where you go too far, then you're probably not going far enough.

Elizabeth I was my favourite monarch though, what an inspiration, she did great things for women.