Courageous Quotes

Childbirth is more admirable than conquest, more amazing than self-defense, and as courageous as either one.

I say: The time has come for my courageous and proud people, after decades of displacement and colonial occupation and ceaseless suffering, to live like other peoples of the earth, free in a sovereign and independent homeland.

I think on some level, that's a fear that exists in everybody, that if we're tested, we won't make the courageous choice. We won't make the decision that would make us heroic. We make the decision that would reveal us to be all too human.

Hope, like faith, is nothing if it is not courageous; it is nothing if it is not ridiculous.

A large nose is in fact the sign of an affable man, good, courteous, witty, liberal, courageous, such as I am.

We know that Libya is still recovering from an intense period of conflict. And there are many courageous Libyans who bear the scars of that battle.

Our democracy poses problems and these problems must and shall be solved by courageous leadership.

The really courageous and bold thing is to make movies about human behaviour.

We emerged from the events of September 11 more steadfast in our beliefs, more courageous in our actions and more determined to protect our values than ever before.

I'm not sure Americans are hesitant to do this again - to fight another war, because it looked to them like a courageous and terrific endeavor.

I respect the astute and rigorously unsentimental David Horowitz as one of America's most original and courageous political analysts. He has the true 1960s spirit - audacious and irreverent, yet passionately engaged and committed to social change.

For a man to strike any women is most brutal, and I, as well as everyone else, think this far worse than any attempt to shoot, which, wicked as it is, is at least more comprehensible and more courageous.

There are times when it is more courageous to be cowardly.

Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous patience.

Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace.

Faith is reason grown courageous.

For us, someone who is willing to step forward and help is much more courageous than someone who is merely fulfilling the role.

In my view, far from deserving condemnation for their courageous reporting, the New York Times, the Washington Post and other newspapers should be commended for serving the purpose that the Founding Fathers saw so clearly.

May joy and good fellowship reign, and in this manner, may the Olympic Torch pursue its way through ages, increasing friendly understanding among nations, for the good of a humanity always more enthusiastic, more courageous and more pure.

Meg Ryan is a beautiful and courageous woman. I grieve the loss of her companionship but I've not lost the friendship. We talk all the time and that was what our connection was about. She has a wonderful mind and we just like a chat.

A knowledgeable and courageous U.S. president could help enormously in leading the world's nations toward saving the climate.

Women have always been courageous... They are always fearless when protecting their children and in the last century they have been fearless in the fight for their rights.

We have to honor our commitments to today's beneficiaries, but we can't solve the growing deficit and debt problems unless we are smart, courageous, and sensible in planning for future.

U.S. journalists I don't think are very courageous. They tend to go along with the government's policy domestically and internationally. To question is seen as being unpatriotic, or potentially subversive.

Great risks come in long term, tremendously assiduous, very courageous study.

There's only one requirement of any of us, and that is to be courageous. Because courage, as you might know, defines all other human behavior. And, I believe - because I've done a little of this myself - pretending to be courageous is just as good as the real thing.

I really feel very strongly that the person who runs for office is the courageous one, and the one who everybody has to know.

I thought that the chief thing to be done in order to equal boys was to be learned and courageous. So I decided to study Greek and learn to manage a horse.

I do know one thing: I wish people were doing more dangerous musicals, more courageous musicals and not just falling into the trap of trying to figure out what the public wants, because you find out that the public very often wants what's good.