Quotes About Courage

People who work every day are kind of scared of things they don't understand.

The best work that anybody ever writes is the work that is on the verge of embarrassing him, always.

The fear of messing up is what makes you work harder!

I would say to any artist: Don't be repressed in your work, dare to experiment, consider any urge, if in a new direction all the better.

All I really had was a suitcase and my drums. So I took them up to Seattle and hoped it would work.

Teach yourself to work in uncertainty.

The more scared we are of a work or calling, the more sure we can be that we have to do it.

How do you nurture a positive attitude when all the statistics say you're a dead man? You go to work.

Doing work you love is the dizzying path of saying yes to yourself and yes to a brilliant, hidden self you do not yet know.

It'll work, if God, wind, leads, ice, snow, and all the hells of this damned frozen land are willing.

You never know exactly how new policies are going to work. That doesn't mean you shouldn't try them.

Life can't work for you if you don't show up as you.

I've got nothing left to lose at this point. The work I've done is out there.

Believe in yourself.. in all you can do.. and for you, the deals will start to work in your favor. You need to be open to such deals, and they will come, I assure you.

Don't play for safety - it's the most dangerous thing in the world.

All people have is hope. That's what brings the next day and whatever that day may bring... A hope grounded in the real world of living, friendship, work, family...

I work with many jazz artists as Miles Davis, Laughlin, etc.. One of the things all these artists had in common is that they had no fear.

Have faith that you are all, my brave lads, born to do great things! Let not the barks of puppies frighten you, no, not even the thunderbolts of heaven, but stand up and work!

You can't spend the rest of your life tiptoeing around to try and avert disaster. It won't work. You'll just end up missing the life you have.

Work finally begins when the fear of doing nothing exceeds the fear of doing it badly.

The wishbone will never replace the backbone.

I've never been nervous. I just wanted to play and have a good time. If it didn't work, then I would get nervous. But, for the most part, I just go for it.

When I went to work in a studio, I took my pride and made a nice little ball of it and threw it right out the window.

The greatest failure is not to try. Had I listened to all the people during the course of my life who said, "You can't. You'll fail. It won't work. You don't have...," I wouldn't be here today.