Quotes About Courage

I've always been a guy that, I don't know, just attacks pressure.

I'm ready to accept the pressures of captaincy.

We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we really fear.

We've always been told to pretend as if we're not afraid.

I don't have to pretend to be someone I'm not and I think talking so openly about my story gave me acceptance that it's ok to be me.

If you're not a confident person, pretend to be one.

I pretend something scary is in front of me.

I was never honest. My father died, and I had never said to him, 'I'm gay.' I knew what I was, but I had to pretend not to be that to avoid the beatings.

Even if you aren't sure of yourself, pretend that you are... most people prevaricate.

We all try to pretend we're the person we want to be when we're really not, and you've just gotta be willing to say, 'Here are all my flaws; here's who I am - take it or leave it. If you love me still, then let's do this.'

I'm not gonna sit and pretend I'm hard as nails.

Even more so since being a mum, I've got more of a backbone with the decisions I make because you can't pretend to be someone else or to enjoy or dislike something just to fit in with the crowd.

There's something liberating about not pretending. Dare to embarrass yourself. Risk.

What is it in us that makes us feel the need to keep pretending... we gotta let ourselves be.

Pretending to be other people helped bring me out of my shell and shed my inhibitions.

When people tell you you're on the brink of death, you've got to dig pretty deep to get it together.

I am a pretty good lawyer, and I decided to close the office and to enter politics.

If you fail on your own terms, that's a pretty good way to go down.

I'm not a dancer. Never took a dance class.

I'm pretty gutsy. Dancers don't think about things; they just do them.

The thought of dancing scared me. A lot. Because I have absolutely no aptitude for it.

To act is to be committed, and to be committed is to be in danger.

A mind concerned about danger is a clouded mind. It's paralyzing.

There is less danger in fearing too much than too little.