Quotes About Courage

I'm not the only one; most people's mothers are the most influential person in their life. But my mother survived the camps, and she was very strong. She made me strong, but she wanted me to be strong. That's more important.

The values transmitted through oral history are many - courage, selflessness, the ability to endure, and to do so with humor and grace. I got those values listening to my dad's stories about the Depression and how their family survived. It gave me courage that I, too, could survive hard times.

I've survived. I've beaten my own bad system, and on some days, on most days, that feels like a miracle.

I've had friends who have experienced pretty horrible things, some pretty brutal things, and survived. And I know that they and I would never want them to be without the ability to defend themselves.

I am mentally ill. I can say that. I am not ashamed of that. I survived that, I'm still surviving it, but bring it on. Better me than you.

The art of climbing is the art of survival. The best climber is the man or woman going in the most crazy places but surviving.

That is always what I've had to do in life: to show I am capable of surviving.

My grandparents got out of Poland right before the Holocaust and came here, and the only thing that mattered was surviving.

Every single thing I do... is just me surviving.

The feat of surviving is directly related to the capacity of the survivor.

Growing up, I heard a lot about strength. My dad - a Holocaust survivor - embodied it, though he would never say that about himself. Not only did he survive one of the most horrific events in history, but he never lost hope along the way, crediting acts of kindness with keeping him alive.

I've always had the spirit of a survivor.

The soldiers that didn't come back were the heroes. It's a roll of the dice. If a bullet has your name on it, you're a hero. If you hear a bullet go by, you're a survivor.

You recognize a survivor when you see one. You recognize a fighter when you see one.

I see myself as a survivor, and I'm not ashamed to say I'm a survivor. To me, survivor implies strength, implies that I have been through something and I made it out the other side.

Hi, I'm Bill. I'm a birth survivor.

There's a book that I read, really a great book - it's called 'Lone Survivor' and I think they're trying to make it into a movie. I would love to play Marcus Luttrell, who was the author and the 'lone survivor.' He's a national hero; he's very courageous and heroic in insurmountable danger, so it's something I'd love to explore.

I have always said about myself I am a survivor because I am.

When they were working on the movie 'Lone Survivor,' all I cared about was that it was done right to honor all of the guys.

I have a real survivor's instinct.

I'm a survivor. I'm a messenger.

I am the daughter of Nigerian immigrants. My mother is a survivor of both polio and of the Igbo genocide during her country's civil war in the late 1960s.

I'm a survivor.

We have named our kids Ryan and Krishank. Well, Ryan is also called as Sultan as he is a survivor and had a long struggle with life.