Quotes About Courage

You don't have to be a rock star - if you don't like the situation you're in, you don't have to settle for it.

Unless you're of a certain age, you may not know my name, but you can Google it - I was a pretty big movie star in the 1950s. Oh, and another thing: I was - am - gay.

My favorite character in 'Star Wars' is Luke Skywalker, for sure.

If I'm going to be a leader then I have to go places that other people are afraid to go to. That's what makes a leader. To be not afraid to step out and go over the frontline. To stare darkness right in the face.

When I was young, I realized that people were going to stare at me my whole life, so I might as well give them something to stare at.

Before the Paralympic movement I definitely didn't like wearing shorts because people would stare at me.

Staring down the barrel of a gun is the scariest thing you could ever experience. It's not funny. It's not for the movies.

I want you to think about your grandfather's integrity and grit when you're staring at the ceiling of your barracks room, but I also want you to think a little deeper.

Many years ago, my neighbor told me that his daughter is very brave and she never cries. I was surprised. So, I took it up as a challenge. I met her and sat next to her, staring at her straight in the eye for a few minutes.

I always knew I wanted to dance and when I was eight, I started ballet lessons at a church hall. They all wore pink ballet shoes but I wore green, as they were cheap, and I remember everyone staring at me.

As fighters, the stark reality is, there's times in that cage when we want out. There's times when we've had enough and we want out, and we're able to recognize defeat.

It's a pretty stark choice: you either deal with the dangers of the sport or you get out of the car.

Some stars like to hide behind the whole idea of acting. But really good actors are not hiding at all. They're not afraid to be disliked, to be a little unsavoury.

On the 'Jersey Shore,' people got a glimpse through a keyhole of who I really am. But the world really started to see me on 'Dancing With the Stars.' I am not the best dancer. That was never my strong point. But I wanted to let people know, hey, this kid is risking a lot just to know a different side of him.

If Romeo can do 'Dancing with the Stars,' anything is possible.

I don't think having a My Chemical Romance action figure will make a kid start his own band, I like to think it will make him save children from a burning building.

I've got to pick myself up Dust myself off And start all over again.

Burst down those closet doors once and for all, and stand up and start to fight.

Once you start doing only what you've already proven you can do, you're on the road to death.

Those that start things have an advantage over those that follow.

The way to develop decisiveness is to start right where you are, with the very next question you face.

Even if the hopes you started out with are dashed, hope has to be maintained.

My mom started smoking when she was 11. She went to the hill next door to try her first cigarette. She set the entire hill on fire, but it didn't deter her.

Even as far back as when I started acting at 14, I know I've never considered failure.