Quotes About Courage

My advice to people with any disease is to live above it.

Anorexia is a real disease. The choice you do have is asking for help.

For those who are so courageously battling these terrible diseases, the least we can do is not stand in their way.

I've always had a problem saying what I feel for fear of having someone dislike me.

Everyone is different, and I would rather be disliked for who I am than liked for who I am not.

Adventure without risk is Disneyland.

Honestly, I never thought I would ever tell anyone that I had an eating disorder. It was my deepest, darkest secret.

Me calling out Roy Jones is disrespectful.

Running away from something doesn't do anything except put distance.

Now from a distance, I look back on what the Corps taught me: to think like men of action, and to act like men of thought!

I think I showed I'm resilient, I'm strong, I can go the distance against a bigger man and still box effectively.

What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their ability to act according to their beliefs.

Your doubts are generated by fear, and fear is a series of distorted thoughts.

Make sure you have that conviction to do what you know is right, and once you have it, don't let skeptics distract you from your path.

I just don't want to be the damsel in distress. I'll scream on the balcony, but you've got to let me do a little action here.

I don't have a problem with saying, 'I love you.' I probably said it to the whole of the red-light district in Amsterdam when I was about 21.

Sometimes you have to be a diva. All the artists I admire from Madonna to Whitney to Mariah have all been called divas. If you are strong, if you have vision, if you are an artist, you have to do what you believe in. And if you get called a diva for it, then so what.

I think I just need to be myself. I think that's what this 'Diva Search' competition is all about.

When I was a kid, I used to be afraid of the dark. I would stand at my door, turn the light off and dive into bed.

If you ever get a chance to learn how to scuba dive, go do it.

People need to understand that if I dive, it's because I know I can dive.

I'm a scuba diver but not certified.

I think bravery is to get on the ball and be bold enough and confident enough to try things when everyone is looking at you and the pressure is on and people are expecting you to win.

Everybody's looking at me expecting me to shrink up and die.