Quotes About Courage

Discipline strengthens the mind so that it becomes impervious to the corroding influence of fear.

When people ask me for advice about when to come out, it's really about, before you do that, building a circle of support that can strengthen you through that experience. For me, it was my friends. There were people on 'My So-Called Life' that really helped guide me.

Enthusiasm will steady the heart and strengthen the will; it will give force to the thought and nerve to the hand until what was only a possibility becomes a reality.

I can be poor, I can lose a job, I can have a hospital bill that I don't know how to pay, for I can do all these things through Him who strengthens me.

Shutting out the depression strengthens it. While you hide from it, it grows.

We need a revolution in consciousness to overturn the system we live in, to strengthen our democracy, to find courage and give hope to our children.

We are resilient beings and need to realize our incredible strengths.

Delegate to others who have strengths where you don't. But sometimes, you just need to be the one to drive the change when everyone else is waiting for someone else to take the first step. To me, that's courage in action.

You go into battle with your strengths.

That is one of my greatest strengths. I am not afraid to face challenges or any matchup in the league.

I have been compelled to dig deep inside and pull out strengths I never knew I possessed in order to protect my family.

It is really important to keep it simple and believe in our own strengths.

What your strengths are are always going to be the things that you're going to go back to, especially in the that spot where you need to draw from deep within. You're tired. You're exhausted. The ability to really think things through is highly reduced from being in the midst of battle.

A lot of times, people have something that they're afraid of. They've got a client that's mad at them. They've got a project that's due. And they let that stress hang over their head. I don't let that happen.

Sometimes stepping out with short hair can feel like leaving home without your phone. You feel stressed and naked. There is, quite literally, nothing to hide behind.

I think about moving across the country, barely having the money to do it, it gives me so much anxiety. I think there's something to be said for just not knowing, being a little naive, and just flying by the seat of your pants, because it is a big thing, it's really stressful.

You build up coming out to this horrible moment. It's so stressful, there's so much adrenaline, and there's so much primal fear - even though I know my parents to be good people - that they're going to reject you.

The border crossing is the most dangerous moment for anyone attempting to escape. But my brother and mother had been waved off by every armed border guard along that stretch of the river.

When you're stretching yourself, as a role like 'Blue Jasmine' did for me, you risk falling flat on your face.

If you get a bad review, you take that in your stride.

I'll handle living on my own. You've got to learn somehow. I'll take it all in my stride like I do everything else.

Despite facing rejections, I did not give in or take any other route. I was always open to face rejections. I took it in a positive stride.

Failures happen. You can't cry over them. You just take it in your stride because you know that you have done your best... Sometimes, even the best is not enough.

In strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used?