Quotes About Courage

We live in a world with men wanting to be brave. Not many will stand up and say, 'I don't feel right here.'

I am very determined to stand up against any threat to the basic Democratic values and institutions of this country.

Cricket is hard enough: stand up for yourself and stand up for the team.

We have to do what we think is right, even though we may have to stand up to some loud voices in our own parties in order to get something done.

Stand-up comedy is not for the faint-hearted or the thin-skinned.

Ellen DeGeneres is a huge influence in my life. She's one of the reasons why I wanted to do stand-up comedy. I was a big fan of her stand-up before she even came out of the closet.

I took a stand-up comedy class because I'd always wanted to.

I don't know if I have enough guts to do a whole standard jazz record.

One of the things my service in Iraq did give me was this freedom from fear of failure or any kind of expectations that I had to take a standard path.

What I didn't tell her was that I distinctly remember walking out of my junior year English class reading, 'Amandla Stenberg comes out as queer.' She unknowingly set a precedent in my life, a gold standard of how to be proud and exist in the intersectionality of multiple identities that were one thought of as being conflicting.

I wouldn't be doing my job, or holding myself to that standard that I see fit, if I just shut my mouth and played the game.

I want to break standards.

Greatness, in the last analysis, is largely bravery - courage in escaping from old ideas and old standards and respectable ways of doing things.

Every time I act on a fear, I feel disappointed in myself. I have a lot of fear. If I can quit all fear in my life and all guilt, then I tend to be much, much more living up to my standards. I've never seen a person fail if they didn't fear failure.

It becomes an emperor to die standing.

Leadership is standing with your people. People say you have to live to fight another day, but sometimes you have to show you are a true leader.

It is better to be defeated standing for a high principle than to run by committing subterfuge.

There is a great power in speaking your truth and standing for something important.

Things got so bad that when I went shopping for a house, some people would refuse to open the door if they saw it was me standing there. And drunks would always want to challenge me.

Gandhi held no formal position of authority. Nor was there an organized army standing behind him. What he did have were his core beliefs and the audacity to speak truth to power.

It is very frightening to feel alone when you are standing against a rich and powerful person and all his attendant helpers.

You don't break ground by doing the same thing over and over and over. That's like standing in place. You have to risk to gain it all.

Courage means standing next to someone you don't always agree with for the betterment of the country.

I always said, 'A blind dog with three legs could get a standing ovation for singing 'I'm Still Here!'