Quotes about Courage

Real firmness is good for every thing— Strut is good for nothing.

I was scared of water, so I learnt swimming.

Noah walked with God; he didn't only preach righteousness, he acted it. He went through water and didn't melt. He breasted the current of the popular opinion of his day, scorning alike the hatred and ridicule of the scoffers who mocked at the thought of there being but one way of salvation.

The sailor's life is at the best a life of danger. He pursues honor on the mountain wave and finds it in the battle and in the storm, and never did more distinguished chivalry display itself than in the conduct of our seamen during the late war.

When we did 'Breaking the Waves,' he had a sign on the wall that said, 'Make mistakes.'

War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can't smile, grin. If you can't grin, keep out of the way till you can.

Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it... that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear.

In many ways, history is marked as 'before' and 'after' Rosa Parks. She sat down in order that we all might stand up, and the walls of segregation came down.

Love is not a weak, spineless emotion; it is a powerful moral force on the side of justice.

Some people tend to believe that I'm a strong believer, a strong Christian, but that's not true. I'm not a strong believer. I'm very weak.

People who pity themselves think, 'Why would I try to do anything? I'll just fail.'

For sure people around me, they always say don't do ovals, we are not happy to see you doing that. I'm not saying I'm scared, I'm not scared to do ovals. But I never thought about it. I was not really planning to go to do Formula Indy.