Quotes About Courage

I don't mind standing up for what I believe in.

I'm standing up for the American people.

Apathy in general; people who are not standing up for what they believe in because somebody's got a louder mouth than them; it doesn't make any sense.

But most of my songs were about believing in yourself, standing up for yourself and fighting for what you believe in.

You could say that by standing up to Russia, the U.S. is finally getting some balls.

Some guy refuses to fight and we call that the sin, but he's standing up for what he believes in and that seems pretty damned American to me.

I think my worst nightmare is standing up in front of a group of people.

Frederick Douglass had to teach himself how to read before standing up to defeat slavery.

You may confuse a lot of people when going against the grain of conventional thinking, and that's perfectly okay. As an entrepreneur, standing up for your vision to your family and friends might possibly be the best practice you will get for the life that awaits you.

Being liked by the boys and girls on the bus doesn't necessarily earn you the respect of the people back home. Standing up to them, giving as good as you get, all that helps.

I'd much rather be liked because people realize that I'm standing up for myself.

Standing up to Ahmadinejad is not a partisan issue and should never be one.

Sometimes you pay a price for standing up.

We need to start standing up for freedom and liberty.

I don't regret standing up to Gamergate at all.

Nothing is as important as standing up for what you believe in.

Since I was a teenager I have been standing up to antisemitism, racism and discrimination in all its forms.

Standing up for what you believe is right, as well as standing up for what you believe is funny, standing up for what you believe is cool. As we found each other and the music that we do, we get to live out all of those things. That's what Run The Jewels is: it's all of those aspects of our personality.

I will never apologize for standing up against oppression and injustice in Israel or anywhere else.

I kinda always felt like I am out, for all intents and purposes. So I always came from the standpoint of, 'Why does writing it in an article or saying it in an article make me gay?' That doesn't make me gay or not. I'm living my life. I'm not lying; I don't hide it.

I'm probably not going to be popular with the fighters with this one, but my biggest problem is guys playing it safe. I understand it from a coach's standpoint and a manager's standpoint. I understand why you'd want to play it safe and want to win the fight, win every fight. I get it.

The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.

Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.

I know that every good and excellent thing in the world stands moment by moment on the razor-edge of danger and must be fought for.