Quotes About Courage

I'm a bit of a coward, and lazy, oddly enough.

When you're scared, you're still hanging on to life. When you're ready to die, you let it go. A sort of emptying out occurs, a giving up on the world that seems oddly familiar even if you've never done it before.

We fight, even against insurmountable odds, because sometimes we win.

When you choose to be an actor, you are going against the odds.

One of the secrets to happiness is knowing when to take chances. If you don't, the odds are that you will fall into a rut.

I like to be against the odds.

I started modeling when I was 16. The odds were against me. At 5' 8, I was shorter than most girls in the business. Still, I gave it a shot, and like with most things in my life, I never gave up.

'Striker' is a story of the human spirit triumphing over all odds.

'Roots' focuses on a particular group of people who defy the odds and win, eventually, even if it isn't in their lifetimes. This is, for me, a very positive story and a very empowering one, if only we have that perspective on it.

To battle the odds - loss of interest, no funding, discouragement - requires someone who doesn't give up.

I always go against the odds.

There are people who have incredible stories that we don't talk about. People who did amazing things, men and women who faced incredible odds, and there's nothing wrong with them being heroes for once, you know?

If I fall, I'll fall five feet four inches forward in the fight for freedom. I'm not backing off.

Don't be afraid to show off who you are.

I was compared to a bird that was too fat to lift itself off the ground.

Get off your butt and join the Marines!

If you hear somebody say something absolutely horrendous about their own life, in quite a flippant, offbeat kind of way, when you meet people clearly trying to be strong and brave, the ones who are really good at it are the ones who break my heart the most.

You have to be willing to offend in order to make progress.

You should live hoping you are going to offend people, because then you're doing something.

I'm not easily offended, and I have a certain toughness.

John Kerry didn't out me, nor did he offend or attack me by calling me a lesbian. I certainly couldn't be offended by the truth.

You can't always worry about offending people.

Too many of my heroes have been cut down, but do I want security guards? No. I've been offered them in the past. But the more you present yourself as someone afraid of being attacked, the more people see you as someone to attack.

Most of the time, I do what I'm offered, but after I worked for it. I think I try much harder for the things that scare me and inspire me. The things that scare and inspire you are things that are different from what you did before.