Quotes About Courage

...Slavery appears such a relatively mild business that one begins to wonder why Frederick Douglass and so many others ever tried to escape.

It's a dangerous business, going out your door.

If you want to succeed, you've got to be okay to just lose control.

I boldly entered the arena of business and exercised the rights I already possessed.

Let's face it, space is a risky business. I always considered every launch a barely controlled explosion.

Be daring. Be first. Be different.

It's when you take that first step opening a business or making an investment that it becomes real.

Don't be shy about believing in your ideas - even if folks around you think you're crazy.

Talent, I believe, is most likely to be found among nonconformists, dissenters, and rebels.

Nothing in the world makes people so afraid as the influence of independent-minded people.

The record company really pissed me off when they told me to lose weight. I couldn't be bothered with looking a certain way. So I left the business. I don't regret it.

People get good gigs because they stand up....You don't get picked. Reject the tyranny of picked. Pick yourself.

We can't be afraid to be weird.

A Bit of Craziness Is Good for Business

When you are new to the business, you think if you give a really bad performance, that's one they will print. You will be judged. You just have to be brave.

An artist is someone who uses bravery, insight, creativity, and boldness to challenge the status quo. And an artist takes it personally.

You never know just what you can do until you try.

Russians aren't good at haggling, they aren't passionate about business. But they are outstanding fighters.

We have little choice but to move beyond quality and seek remarkable, connected, and new. Remarkable, as you've already figured out, demands initiative.

The only business of the historian is to relate things exactly as they are: this he can never do as long as he is afraid

To run a successful business, you have to be tough.

I often think you need a lot of courage to be in the acting business. The job itself can be incredibly challenging for various reasons. Sometimes it's impossible and requires sheer guts.

Be bold in pursuing what others believe is unrealistic because this will achieve more than being bland and unimaginative.

An entrepreneur is someone who will jump off a cliff and assemble an airplane on the way down.