Quotes About Courage

If you got love and you believe in yourself, anything is possible.

I'm always drawn to the thing I think I can't possibly do, because I tend to be better when I think I can't possibly do something than I am when I'm pretty sure I can do something.

I grew up singing and dancing, so people have been calling me gay since fifth grade. I've heard everything you could possibly hear about it. But I do love gay people, so I'm not going to act like I was insulted or angry about it.

I post less-than-flattering selfies and don't try to change who I am to make people like me. I try to show people that they don't have to be afraid to show their goofy side.

My military service has been attacked by people who have never picked up a rifle and manned a post.

There are a few people who get really rude to you and post harsh comments. Initially, they used to bother and affect me, but then I realized that they are faceless people.

'Postcards' was just a way of slapping myself in the face and saying, 'You can do anything! Just go for it!'

I did not want to become a poster child for yet another disease.

I did not set out to be a poster child for anything. I saw a mountain. I wanted to climb it.

I don't remember deciding to become a writer. You decide to become a dentist or a postman. For me, writing is like being gay. You finally admit that this is who you are, you come out and hope that no one runs away.

Do I wish I had never endured postpartum depression? Absolutely. But to deny the experience is to deny who I am.

Though this nation has proudly thought of itself as an ethnic melting pot, in things racial we have always been and continue to be, in too many ways, essentially a nation of cowards.

Although Cronkite had once crash landed in a Dutch potato field under enemy fire, he chose instead to focus on celebrating the liberation of the Netherlands at the hands of the Free Dutch.

I think the idea of losing your hair is still very potent, emotional thing.

Without exposure to potential failure, there is no risk.

Once you're able to look like an idiot and be OK with it, it opens up your potential.

I've chosen opportunities where I might fail rather than live in the shadow of my own potential.

America has faced much more difficult times, including potential national extinction, without flinching.

There's always that moment on every movie where you just go, 'Okay, this is that moment. I'm about to potentially fall flat on my face, and I might as well just dive in and see what happens.'

There's almost a total correlation between the amount of risk you're willing to take and then the amount of stuff you then potentially can get done.

You know that I had heard so many times people say things like, 'You could never write 'Harry Potter' and have it be about Harriett Potter because nobody would read it; people only want to read an adventure story if it's about a boy,' and I thought, 'I don't think that's true.'

I moved up to 130 pounds hoping champions in this division were not cowards like those at 126 pounds. It looks like I was wrong.

If you want to lose 40 pounds, you order salad instead of fries. If you want to be a better friend, you take the phone call instead of screening it. If you want to write a novel, you sit down and write a single paragraph. It's scary to make major changes, but we usually have enough courage to take the next right step.

I'm at 23 feet, diving into 17 feet of water. I'm over 400 pounds. Who doesn't want to see that? I do. I'm always shocked that I can do it.