Quotes About Courage

When I stood up to oppose an invasion of Iraq in 2002, it wasn't a popular thing to do.

I bombed in front of 5,000 people. Anybody that's ever stood in front of 5,000 people that don't like them can tell you, it's an energy associated with that. You don't want to feel that. You ask yourself, 'Do you really really want to do this?'

Wilberforce, because of his faith, stood up for African slaves. Bonhoeffer, because of his faith, stood up for Jews. That's Christianity to me.

You know, once you've stood up to cancer, everything else feels like a pretty easy fight.

What we, as African Americans, stood on was our faith.

I think of Harriet Muse as one fierce lady. She couldn't read. She had no education. She did labor her whole life. And she stood up to Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey at a time where she was told where to work, where to sit, and she demanded that they pay attention to her.

I identify... with the ideas that Malcolm X stood for.

I stood up to Beto O'Rourke because no one else was doing it. I stood up for the liberties of Americans, and it became a national rally cry for our Second Amendment.

I would say I am an ordinary bowler but one with a really big heart, and that's what has stood me in good stead in all these years.

The story of Jackie Robinson is also the story of Branch Rickey. He had many reasons for doing what he did, but he stood up against his own people.

Everybody who served in John Kerry's boat under his command, save one, has stood with him.

We've always been a band that stood up for what we thought was right.

I think I have a very good reputation amongst the gay population and among the whole country because I stood up on the issue of gay rights. It is not easy to stand up on that issue when you are single and male in New York City. I did it anyway.

I was brought up in a household where you stood up to be counted.

I was four when I first stood at the helm on my own.

The people who stood out in the Sandy Hook incident, the heroes, were the normal, ordinary people who went to save those children.

Bobby Darin was one of the first to take black musicians on the road with his band, and there were places that didn't want him to play, and he stood up to it.

I stood up for what I believed in starting businesses.

I like George W. At a time when this country was hit hard, he stood up for America. He's been the leader of the free world during the hardest time America's ever had.

I want to be able to look back and say that I stood where I was supposed to stand. I fought where I was supposed to fight, in the ring and out of the ring.

When Hillary was First Lady, we went to the Beijing Women's Conference. She courageously stood up and spoke out on behalf of human rights and women's rights, inspiring millions to fight for a better future.

We're lucky to have such great fans that have stood by us, let us be us and try new things.

I haven't been afraid to speak my mind with anything, and I have always stood up for what I believe in.

I really love Evel Knievel, what he stood for.