Quotes About Courage

I don't let negative criticism, for the most part, bother me.

What's the point of being negative or fearful? We can't control it.

In reality, I was drowning in negativity. I was stuck playing a part, too afraid to change, too afraid of losing my readers if I suddenly stopped being so mean.

Well, I grew up in a tough neighborhood.

I loved it, but had to forget about acting after elementary school because it was the sort of thing you just didn't do in my rough neighborhood.

When your doctor and neighbours and child's schoolteachers know you are gay, there is no closet for you to hide in.

Neil Armstrong, when he was out there landing on the moon, I was there first.

I remember; I was 15 years old when Neil Armstrong put feet in the moon.

I was on my own for a long time before I married Neil, and now I'm on my own again. I've kind of gotten over the separation and divorce. I'm capable. I can do this.

Failure doesn't scare me. And neither success. I am equally detached to both.

I'm neither embarrassed of who I am, where I come from, what I've experienced, I'm not ashamed of it.

Nelson Mandela is awe inspiring - a person who really sacrificed for what he believed in. I feel truly humbled by him.

Unsurprisingly, Nelson Mandela had and still has many detractors.

Of course, Nelson Mandela, everybody knows Nelson Mandela. I mean, he's a great gift not only for Africa but for the whole world, actually. But do not expect everybody to be a Nelson Mandela.

All these guys that want to act tough and act like they're hard in the street, that's cool, man. I'm glad you want to act hard, and your emotions are driving crazy, but you need to get out of your feelings, nerds.

I pretty much admire anybody who has the discipline and the will to make a career out of fighting. It takes buckets of nerve.

It's a funny thing, the less people have to live for, the less nerve they have to risk losing nothing.

You need a certain amount of nerve to be a writer.

'Thelma & Louise' really hit a nerve, and I loved that movie.

I've played the Royal Albert Hall to 8,500 people, and there wasn't a nerve in my body.

It's about who holds their nerve under pressure.

I love playing women who have the nerve to do things that I don't have the nerve to do, and Berta is certainly one of those.

I know that some people who move into film lose their nerve for the stage.

I'm really lucky that I can control my nerves; it doesn't seem to get to me.