Quotes About Courage

You read things, and they come to you, and if they speak to you at the moment and there's a voice in you that says, 'I don't know, that's risky,' or 'That's challenging,' then do it. Run at it and tackle it. And if it's bad, it's bad. You're gonna get over it.

I never hesitate to go into a tackle, and I don't go onto the pitch to pull out of a challenge.

I saw a complete lack of courage in Washington to tackle some of our biggest challenges.

What makes me so strong in the tackle? My grandad has always said if you're going in for a ball, you go 100% and you never go in half-hearted.

I believe in tackling things you're afraid of.

The first principle of tackling corruption is that you do not engage in it and you have the will to confront it.

Without question, women can act with bravery, foresight, and tactical intelligence.

I'm tactical, and I have a lot of heart - something that you don't see when you watch a lot of fights.

I had my own battle tactics.

As soldiers need not only courage but tactics also, so does a philosopher need not only courage and philosophy but discernment also, to tell what his right time of dying is - so that he neither seek it nor flee it.

I don't even really see sit-ins and marches as passive. I see them as quite assertive. I see those as emotionally aggressive tactics. I see people putting their lives on the line and being bold and brave.

I'm not afraid of fear tactics. They don't work on me.

If I can inspire a little girl by seeing me tag a shark, that's amazing.

There's an expression in Persian, 'to play with the lion's tail.' I wasn't what Iranian society wanted me to be - a good girl. I played with the lion's tail.

Roused by the lash of his own stubborn tail our lion now will foreign foes assail.

I was scared of running off to be a comedian and then having to come back with my tail between my legs.

I play a female Indiana Jones, a professor who hunts down precious objects, like a bowl that belonged to the Buddha. They tailored the role to me: I wanted to be smart, funny, and to kick some ass.

Take risks. Ask big questions. Don't be afraid to make mistakes; if you don't make mistakes, you're not reaching far enough.

Life is about how much you can take and keep fighting, how much you can suffer and keep moving forward.

If you have a dream, don't let anybody take it away, and always believe that the impossible is possible.

When adversity strikes, that's when you have to be the most calm. Take a step back, stay strong, stay grounded and press on.

There's no map for you to follow and take your journey. You are Lewis and Clark. You are the mapmaker.

If you take risks and face your fate with dignity, there is nothing you can do that makes you small; if you don't take risks, there is nothing you can do that makes you grand, nothing.

I take the bull by the horns and make a plan and go for it.