Quotes About Courage

Failure seldom stops you. What stops you is the fear of failure.

I'd rather sing one wild song and burst my heart with it, than live a thousand years watching my digestion and being afraid of the wet.

And how have I lived? Frankly and openly, though crudely. I have not been afraid of life. I have not shrunk from it. I have taken it for what it was at its own valuation. And I have not been ashamed of it. Just as it was, it was mine.

Fear urged him to go back, but growth drove him on.

We range the day And mount the sun. We soar past the rim of the world, And know not caution nor fear. But too soon the night comes. –Sigma Hotel

It's common to maintain that trying a repetitive tactic in the face of ongoing failure defines insanity, but sometimes it is all we have.

I don't have any fear of intimacy, but rather thrive on it, which is rare in a public person.

Don't look so scared.

[Of what it takes to be successful:] Patience, drive and very little fear.

Resolve never to quit, never to give up, no matter what the situation

The courage to act is always preceded by the light of faith.

Remember, courage isn't the absence of fear, it is the ability to act in spite of the feeling of fear.

Standing has the added benefit of making people uncomfortable. As a result, it tends to focus people's minds and move them to action that much faster.

If something both excites you and scares you, it is probably worth doing.

Push into your discomfort zone!

If you can't swallow your pride, you can't lead. Even the highest mountain had animals that step on it.

Effective people know when to stop assessing and make a tough call, even without total information. Little is worse than a manager who can't cut bait.

When launching something new, you have to go for it—"playing not to lose" can never be an option.

And they say the greatest sin against faith is despair, because it denies the existence of hope.

Wendre had appealed to Horn as no woman ever had. She had a man's mind and a woman's heart. She was self-reliant, proud, courageous. She grasped the situation quickly, accepted the odds, and did what had to be done without complaining. This was no spoiled child of empire, no sheltered darling of an all-powerful father; this was a woman fit to stand and fight beside any barbarian from the restless marches, made for love and ready to battle for it.

Just as you would when making a new work of art, don't ask for help or seek the judgment of others. You don't want to be subjected to another person's limitations or expectations.

American stuntmen are smart - they think about safety. When they do a jump in a car, they calculate everything: the speed, the distance... But in Hong Kong, we don't know how to count. Everything we do is a guess. If you've got the guts, you do it. All of my stuntmen have gotten hurt.

How did you do all those dangerous stunts, jumping off rooftops and over cliffs?' I said, 'Oh, that's even simpler. It's just rolling, action, jump, cut, hospital!

I was bullied until I prevented a new student from being bullied.