Quotes About Courage

I've gotten a lot of people saying. 'That is awesome. You're so brave.' I hate when people say brave. I'm not brave. I'm just living my life. Why is that brave?

Acting itself is quite scary. Some people say that actors are show-offs, very egotistical and all that kind of stuff, but it is quite scary.

I don't think I am that tough, actually. Well, tough in the sense that I don't take any rubbish, and that doesn't make me very popular, frankly. I mean, because some people say something to me, and I just tell them off. I mean, why should I put up with it?

I don't think I'll still be riding at 40. There are a couple of people who are still riding after having kids, like Mary King, but people say that you lose your nerve after you have kids. It's the risk.

It doesn't matter what people say or what the rules say or what you're supposed to do, you go after what's in your heart.

When people say 'that's risky,' or when the odds are not in my favor, I'm more motivated than ever.

Those extreme-sports kids today are good, but they have it easy. Try falling off of a motorcycle going 70 or 80 miles per hour on asphalt. Believe me, nothing equals it.

I'm not intimidated by how people perceive me.

I've stopped caring how others are going to perceive me if I wear something that they don't like.

I've always has been involved in things that may be perceived or may synonymously be associated with pressure, so it's never been a bother.

On climbs, there is a general way we manage fear. We look at things objectively, separating out perceived risk from real risk. You can really bring down the level of fear by knowing the real risks and setting aside the others. You also know that panicking just makes things worse.

Mental health is not a very easy thing to talk about in sports. It's not perceived as very masculine.

I will not bow down to others' perceptions of me; I will only rise in the name of art, love and music.

Heroes are never perfect, but they're brave, they're authentic, they're courageous, determined, discreet, and they've got grit.

Responsibility for me is to be myself - which is not perfect.

Imperfection is the new perfection.

My hope for my daughter is that she has the courage to at least try to do it all, to be kind to herself when it all doesn't come together perfectly, and to follow her dreams.

We must learn, and especially we Germans, that resistance is not only possible and allowed in dictatorships. There is resistance that man must perform every day.

I'm at my best when I'm nervous, scared. I feel like I'm on the edge, that's when I perform better.

I've been making music since I was 14, but for a while, I was afraid to perform.

As an individual, I have no fear of failure... I think that translates on-screen in my performances.

That's what separates actors - I'll take any risk for a performance.

When I first started out, I was really, really scared when I performed before an audience. I'd look over their heads.

I was always singing to myself, but I never ever performed, and I never told anyone I liked to sing. So it was a definitely a new adventure going in to audition for 'Glee.'