I’m kind of shy when it comes to women, so I don’t really approach them. I’ll just admire them from afar, and if they happen to say something to me, then maybe I’ll find the courage to say something.
Two European nations emerged with credit from the Iraq disaster: France and Germany. Both had the courage to withstand the Bush administration and oppose the U.S.-led invasion.
It takes both courage and talent to stand up in front of fellow human beings and make them crack a smile, and at the same time keep it clean.
Keep courage. Whatever you do, do not feel sorry for yourself. You will win in a great age of opportunity.
Most of the good executives do pretty well. Because to be a good executive you have to be strong, and you have to have a simple attribute that people have forgotten about – courage.
But steel bars have never yet kept out a mob; it takes something a good deal stronger: human courage backed up by the consciousness of being right.
Creating art is painful. It takes time, practice, and the courage to stand alone.
Greatness, in the last analysis, is largely bravery – courage in escaping from old ideas and old standards and respectable ways of doing things.
You must have love as the core; it takes courage to be willing to constantly tell the truth to each other and risk letting the relationship go.
If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else.
In the morning, I’m like the Antonioni movies. I’m little sad. I haven’t the courage to start the day. In the evenings, I’m happier, more alive – like the character I play in ‘An Almost Perfect Affair.’
I’m grateful to the LGBTQ community for giving me the courage to write music about who I am and not just about my sexual orientation.
Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to.
Let’s drink to the spirit of gallantry and courage that made a strange Heaven out of unbelievable Hell, and let’s drink to the hope that one day this country of ours, which we love so much, will find dignity and greatness and peace again.
Leadership is about having the courage to go against the advice of the so-called experts and doing what your instinct tells you is right.
There were times when chemo would eat my body, but I told myself that I have the strength and courage to win and come out stronger.
The only reason I’m in Hollywood is that I don’t have the moral courage to refuse the money.
Unfortunately, unless we’re focused on building up our courage, which gives us our self-confidence and all that we need to make quantum change in our lives, the voice of fear will always take the lead inside our minds.
I think that people are looking beyond the wig. I think they are saying, This isn’t just a costume; there’s a person behind this. If this costume, this character, this person has this kind courage? Why don’t we share that?
I wish that the Indians believed me a god, for upon the report of an enemy’s valor oftentimes depends the success of a battle, and false reports have many times done as great things as true courage and resolution.
All Americans should take great pride in the men and women serving our nation in Iraq and in the courage, determination, resilience and initiative they demonstrate each and every day. It remains the greatest of honors to soldier with them.
Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.
A large part of my career achievements are due to having the courage to ask for what I needed, whether in a professional or personal context.
In the central place of every heart, there is a recording chamber; so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer and courage, you are young.
Courage: Great Russian word, fit for the songs of our children’s children, pure on their tongues, and free.
