Quotes About Courage

No matter how big and strong you are... even Tyson said he was scared as hell walking to the ring. Everyone feels the pressure.

I thought the Mike Tyson story was beautiful and it drew me in. He was bullied, a small kid who started knocking out giants.

I see courage everywhere I go in Africa. Fearless human rights activists in Darfur. Women peace advocates in eastern Congo. Former child soldiers in Northern Uganda who now are helping other former child soldiers return to civilian life.

An awful lot of actors shy away from the uglier aspects of the human condition. They want to be liked, which is a cop-out. You've got to go for it.

It takes courage to love yourself when you've been told your whole life that you're ugly, or dirty, or a terrorist.

An ugly sight, a man who is afraid.

Even the word 'cancer' is ugly, scary, burdensome - a roadblock for a conversation before it even starts. Who wants to go there? Much of the time, I'd rather not bring it up if I don't have to - and I'm the one with the disease!

I'm not afraid to play ugly - look at 'Adaptation.' I looked like a turd that a cat had coughed up.

I am a woman like any other and ugly things happen to me like any other women.

I've been booed on stages. I'm a little bit tougher than to walk off a stage because someone says something ugly.

Try something new when you feel great about yourself! Try something new because you have been dying to try it, thinking about it for weeks, and have had multiple discussions about it. Do not make brash decisions because you feel ugly and think this will be the answer.

Kids threw rocks at me, told me I was ugly and left death threats in my locker.

I've always been pretty independent, no matter what situation: good, bad, ugly, happy, sad. I dig deep, and I get over it.

When I'm looking for something, I say, 'Man that's ugly - nobody would want to rock that.' Then I grab it and I put it on.

Too many people are afraid to talk about the issue of race. We should be willing to address it, and more importantly, when it rears its ugly head, we should be willing to take a stand and try to stomp it out, whatever the action may be at a particular time.

Those parts of myself that are too ugly or dangerous are precisely the things I feel convicted to share.

There are beautiful things about the sport of boxing and there are ugly things.

In the cut-throat political system we have in the UK, you have to be prepared to put your head above the parapet and be confident in your ability to get the job done.

As long as the opposition believes the world will stand with Ukraine's democrat reformers, they will have the leverage and the courage to establish a legitimate republic under the leadership of Viktor Yushchenko.

I am Ukrainian and fighting like a Ukrainian.

I have a golden leg that I am completely proud of, but my left foot that has an open ulcer, no heel, and no toes. Over the years, my body has produced a lot of calcium, which causes my bones to grow on that foot.

I would never advise anyone to stay in the closet to further their careers - I'm sure it leads to big fat gay ulcers. There are actors I know who won't come out, and I can see it crippling them as human beings. It's a great shame that people can't be who they are in the 21st century, and people won't let them be who they are.

Red is the ultimate cure for sadness.

Fearlessness is not only possible, it is the ultimate joy. When you touch nonfear, you are free.