Quotes About Courage

I have great empathy for all the contestants that come on 'Top Chef,' whether they go home right away or they make it to the finish line. It's a very vulnerable position they put themselves in and I feel for them.

I haven't played a lot of wallflowers but I have played women who have been vulnerable.

I feel extremely vulnerable.

It's difficult for most of us to be completely honest with ourselves - we hate to admit how vulnerable or needful we are.

It's no sin to admit that you feel vulnerable and lost.

You put your heart and soul into something and it makes you a little bit vulnerable.

There's all these musicians in the world, and anybody that takes enough time to create a record or even think about the fantasy of rock & roll, it's a vulnerable place to be in, it's a huge thing to do.

I can't imagine anything more debilitating, anything more challenging, anything more thrilling than to get on a stage and do any kind of play. It is such a vulnerable place for any actor to be in.

One of the things I did when I discovered this huge importance of being vulnerable is very happily moved away from the shame research, because that's such a downer, and people hate that topic. It's not that vulnerability is the upside, but it's better than shame, I guess.

You can't be the vulnerable, transparent, raw person required to be an artist, and then cover that stuff up and meet the world with some kind of armor on. It just doesn't go.

I feel that telling my secrets makes me less vulnerable. What would make me vulnerable are the secrets I keep.

The more you head into the maelstrom, the more vulnerable you are, of course. But it's what you owe to whatever gift you have.

Most writers are vulnerable and insecure, and Kay Graham was more so than most.

Once I wrote 'Atmosphere,' I thought, 'This is my story; it's me and my life and what I've gone through to get to where I am.' I'm not the best singer, but still. All of my albums are personal, but putting myself out there and singing is one more thing that makes me vulnerable - one more thing that people can fire shots at.

It didn't scare me to be vulnerable because I think that's when you get something great.

When you mess up publicly, it can be difficult to get vulnerable again or to put yourself out there.

You're demonstrating your own skills in a vulnerable way when you draw.

It's strong to be vulnerable. To be able to communicate with other women is one of the most powerful things.

I've never pretended that I'm not female and vulnerable. To me, it's just being honest.

Oh, I'm full of fear. I care about things; therefore, I have fears. I like to think that I'm brave, which is different. Brave means you're able to admit that you care. If you care, you are vulnerable.

Trust leads to intimacy, which leads to healing and meaning. We can only be intimate to the degree we can make ourselves vulnerable. But when we open our hearts, we can get hurt.

I never learned to be a writer. I never took screenwriting courses. I never read anyone's scripts. As a writer, my only guiding principle has been to write about things that scare me, write about things that make me feel vulnerable, write about things that will expose my deepest fears, so that's how I write.

You can't allow yourself to be vulnerable.

A huge part of my career and how I want to participate in the world is being unapologetically myself and being honest and vulnerable.