Quotes About Courage

In no direction that we turn do we find ease or comfort. If we are honest and if we have the will to win we find only danger, hard work and iron resolution.

In my view, only those who have had the courage to work through Lacan's anti-philosophy without faltering deserve to be called 'contemporary philosophers'.

What pioneer ever had chart and a lighthouse to steer by?

Letting go of things and not being afraid of being ridiculous or over the top - I think that's the main thing for me to work on.

My father loved me and he wanted to work with me and he didn't care what people would say.

The courage to work with ourselves comes as basic trust in ourselves, as a sort of fundamental optimism.

I like being tested. I get as scared as anyone. But the feeling of putting yourself on the line, betting on your talent and having it work; that's the most exhilarating feeling in the world.

If the work is worthwhile, then whether we can complete it or not, it's worth making the attempt. That's why courage is important.

We were lavish of blood in those days, and it was thought to be a grand thing to charge a battery or an earth-work lined with infantry.

Do one thing everyday that scares you. Those small things that make us uncomfortable help us build courage to do the work we do.

Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute! Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Only engage, and then the mind grows heated. Begin, and then the work will be completed.

I wanted to do Playboy to get across the same ideas I'm singing and writing about these days. It's all about proving that a woman can defy stereotypes.

Despite the gender stereotypes in the '80s, my race-car-driving dad taught me that I could do whatever my brother could.

My sole agenda is to constantly break stereotypes.

No matter what faces you in life, always look up to God, and he will guide the way. You just have to walk that path very stern, and very proud.

There were a lot of points where I would start to come out, face stern resistance and mockery from people I thought were my friends, and then reverse course. I was scared. I don't think I ever said, 'I'm gay,' or, 'I'm trans.' It was more like, 'Is it normal for guys to crossdress a lot?'

Steve Jobs was my hero.

Steve Fossett and I would share a common belief that it is possible and good to challenge yourself to the extreme.

When we lost Steve, it was a real crossroads of deciding if you're just going to curl up in the corner or try to do something even bigger and better.

I'm Mrs. Steve Irwin. I've got a lot to live up to.

After losing Steve, it does kind of feel like I'm free-falling.

You have to be sort of an emotional steward to really get a business to do something hard - to take people up the hill, to conquer the mountain, to sack the city. You have got to be a maniac.

But we got up there and decided to stick to this mix of power chords and funk and that's where it really started for us. In having the courage to take that decision. To take a gamble not just with our music but our lives.

You have to stick up for what you believe in. And that, to me, is the biggest thing you can do about driving inclusion.