Quotes About Courage

A crocodile just swung around and hit me with its teeth. It took a big chunk off my leg.

Sometimes you need to play with a knife between your teeth.

No performer should attempt to bite off red-hot iron unless he has a good set of teeth.

I was born in a council house, my father left school at the age of 11, had his teeth out without anaesthetic at the age of 22.

You show your teeth more when you show what you're made of and your heart.

I've broken fifty-six bones, broke my back twice, punctured a lung and knocked out a few teeth.

I know the true meaning of getting by by the skin of my teeth; I do. It doesn't matter whether you've got money or you haven't, whether you're famous or not. This is the case for all women, actually; you have to carry on. You always have to carry on. And you can, because you have to.

I came out of the closet very young, and I had to cut my teeth pretty fast.

There's not too many things I'm afraid of, but I'm not too brave when it comes to sitting in a chair getting my teeth drilled.

The blast blew most of my teeth out, I have screws and plates in my face, I lost the eye.

I was forced to be political because I had bombs falling on me as a child in Tehran.

If I hear, 'Be afraid of Tehran,' I'm like, 'I'd better go to Tehran.'

In 1986, I had gone on a hunger strike with Anand Patwardhan rooting for an alternative land for slum dwellers. My mother got very nervous and told my father to tell me that, 'what am I doing?' He sent me a telegram that read: 'Best of luck, comrade!'

I want to show people that I am comfortable enough to go on national television and just be myself.

I'll tell you what freedom is to me: no fear. I mean really, no fear!

I am not embarrassed to tell you that I believe in miracles.

Let me alone: I have yet my legs and one arm. Tell the surgeon to make haste and his instruments. I know I must lose my right arm, so the sooner it's off the better.

Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.

When I was a child and they burned me out of my home, I was frightened and I ran away. Eventually I ran far away. It was to a place called France. Many of you have been there, and many have not. But I must tell you, ladies and gentlemen, in that country I never feared. It was like a fairyland place.

It's so much easier to tell people what they want to hear instead of what they need to hear.

It never gets easier to tell your story. Each time you speak it, you relive it.

The fear of life, the fear of burdens and of duties, of annoyances and of catastrophes! The fear of life, which makes us, through dread of its sufferings, refuse its joys. Ah! I tell you, this cowardliness enrages me; I cannot forgive it. We must live - live a complete life - live all our life.

To me, having the courage to tell your own story goes hand in hand with having the curiosity and humility to listen to others' stories.

When doctors tell you that your only hope for survival is 14 straight days of intense chemotherapy, 24 hours a day, you sit there, and you count down the 336 hours. You see, each day is a blessing.