Quotes About Courage

I ran for Congress to help create a new town square where you don't have to apologize for your beliefs or cower to a mob, where you can kneel before God, but stand for our flag.

Dive on them and squash them if you must.

That's John Constantine. You put him in a corner, and you squeeze him, and he'll find his way out. There's something in him - he's a great escape artist.

My first job was as a treetopper, and I was so damn good at it they called me 'Squirrel.' And then I joined the military and became a paratrooper. And later on in life I raced motorcycles and cars.

You don't need to be stable to be a stand-up comedian.

You have to decide if you want something stable and safe or if you want to take a risk and go outside the formula and try something new. That's everything that dance embodies.

Risk-taking is my thing... I think of my company as my chip stack.

You have to let fear go. Another lesson is you just have to believe in yourself; you just have to. There's no way around it. No matter how things are stacked against you, you just have to every time.

Let me parachute out of a plane, land on a stadium, and announce it. I'll do it. I'm always game for something.

People can oftentimes mock me because of my belief in God and many times they insult me when I kneel to pray in many stadiums.

I've never felt nervous in front of big crowds and in big stadiums.

Own the stage, command the stage, and don't be afraid to be the best you can be.

Some people think that confidence is something that some people just have. Even though I may look confident strutting in a two-piece on a stage, there are days when I'm so nervous, or I feel like, 'Oh my gosh, I don't know if I can do this.'

Insecure people don't stage comebacks, since they don't leave the scene.

Of all the many leaders I have met in the course of my life, none made a deeper impression on me than Nelson Mandela. His courage, compassion, humility and wisdom were without parallel on the world stage, and he himself was an enduring source of inspiration.

I am always scared before going on stage; this is the fear which makes me do well.

The first time I was ever on stage, I was naked at 17. It was very cold!

You really have to have some muscle to be on the stage in front of the world.

My mom being raised in England, her father always wanted to pursue the arts and wanted to have a stage career in England. According to her, he never had the courage to actually pursue it full-time. I think that my grandfather's parents thought that it wasn't a formidable job to have.

To begin with, I don't have any stage fright.

I've never really been one to get what they call stage fright so much.

I conquered my stage fright a long time ago. In my line of work, it's kind of a pre-requisite that you not feel bad about looking stupid in front of a lot of people.

I was in sixth grade the first time I was required to speak in front of an audience. I had terrible stage fright and felt quite ill, in fact, by the time I had to give my little talk to students in another class across the hall.

I have big, big stage fright.