Quotes About Courage

My uncle used to fight Vale Tudo, and my mother even cornered him in some of his fights.

I've heard 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' read, and I tell you Mrs. Stowe's pen hasn't begun to paint what slavery is as I have seen it at the far South. I've seen de real thing, and I don't want to see it on no stage or in no theater.

The one man other than my father who made the most lasting impression was an uncle, Serge B. Benson. He taught me in three different classes - but above all, he taught me lessons in moral, physical, and intellectual courage that I have tried to apply in later life.

I wasn't an Uncle Tom and I never was gonna be.

My uncle rode bulls professionally and he got me into it. I started riding steers when I was about eleven and he started taking me to little jackpots and I really got into it.

Enjoy the pressure. Enjoy the stress. Enjoy being uncomfortable. And don't shy away from it, embrace it.

I really try to put myself in uncomfortable situations. Complacency is my enemy.

Quitting because you don't want to be uncomfortable will prevent you from growing.

Look, I can't dim my shine just because some people feel uncomfortable.

I need to put myself out in the world and be brave and be uncomfortable. When I do, it means I can enjoy life so much more.

I don't know how to be comfortable. Comfort is uncomfortable to me so I push myself to new places.

I was a very shy character, always feeling uncomfortable because everybody was stronger than I, and always afraid I would look like a sissy. Everybody else played baseball; everybody else did all kinds of athletic things.

We live in a world in racing where the guy who's comfortable being uncomfortable does well.

Do things that are uncomfortable to do. I say that because women tend to step back from things that they don't know about. And the second, most important one is, push through the fear.

I like putting myself in uncomfortable situations.

Life is about embracing the things that make you different, which is often an uncomfortable thing to do.

I would be very uncomfortable doing a safe part. It would make me think something is wrong.

Yes, you have to be brave enough to take steps that your heart is telling you to take. Because when I decided to go into cricket, not one person told me I was making the right move. At that time, nobody thought the IPL would become so big. I was nervous at that time, because suddenly I was in an uncomfortable spot.

I'm used to being in uncomfortable situations. I actually thrive in uncomfortable environments.

My music is - there's no litmus test, there's no political litmus test for listening to it - but I am never going to compromise one iota to satisfy with someone who's uncomfortable with the ideas I feel in my heart.

If there's one message I want people to take away is never compromise being your authentic self. Even if that means making others uncomfortable.

I've sort of knocked cancer down to size. It shouldn't be something that makes people uncomfortable.

In terms of fitting in, you know, I don't have a lot of armor up. I'm a raw nerve and it's really uncomfortable for a lot of people.

I was asked to go in to the ring and perform things I was very uncomfortable with - doing jumps from high ropes in five inch heels.