Quotes About Courage

Basically, I thought I had nothing to lose so I'd try my luck as a stand-up comedian. So even if it all failed, I was at the bottom of the food-chain anyway.

Many of us stay in situations that don't serve us because we don't want to confront the fact that we've failed.

I knew I wanted to try comedy and acting. Even if I failed, at least I would have tried. It's better than never having tried.

I have been shocked at some senior actors who made lewd comments on my body. They think it is normal, and in fact, I thought it was normal. But, much later, I failed to see how that is a normal thing.

Before I was a champion, I failed, and I was afraid.

I'm really scared of failing.

I really do believe that if you don't challenge yourself and risk failing, that it's not interesting.

There's nothing to be scared of. We're playing basketball. The only thing that could happen is you failing. But as long as you're going hard, there's nothing to be scared of for me. I don't know what there is to be scared of.

I grew and learned, journeyed and understood, that someone who is afraid of failing won't get anywhere, and someone who dares to do it runs the risk of failure if they don't learn, correct their mistakes, and get back up.

I don't believe in failing. I have dignity.

I'm not afraid of failing. I don't like to fail. I hate to fail. But I'm not afraid of it.

I always say if you're not failing, you're not trying.

You should never be scared of failing.

I was kind of scared of failing at acting.

I don't care about failing because I do not want to sit down in my older years and say, 'How come I didn't try?'

There's something about being a comedian that means you have to not be scared of failing because failing is part of the process.

Living in Chicago, you have got to not be afraid about failing at something.

An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail.

But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.

You don't go into anything contemplating failure, because if you did, you wouldn't make it.

We're all going to experience death and failure and setbacks and disappointments and cancer and, you know, it's a really difficult world. And for me, God has always - in my relationship with Christ - He's given me hope and peace.

The failures are the people who never get off their bums.

I've had more failures than I've had success, but I'm not afraid to fail.

You have to be willing to have failures along the way.