“Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the bastard.”
Courage is not the absence of fear — that line shows up here more than once, and for good reason. These quotes explore bravery in all its forms: physical, moral, emotional, and the quiet kind that shows up when you simply refuse to quit.
“People talk about the courage of condemned men walking to the place of execution: sometimes it needs as much courage to walk with any kind of bearing towards another person's habitual misery.”
“Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the bastard.”
“I think that the romantic impulse is in all of us and that sometimes we live it for a short time, but it's not part of a sensible way of living. It's a heroic path and it generally ends dangerously. I treasure it in the sense that I believe it's a path of great courage. It can also be the path of the foolhardy and the compulsive.”
“Overcoming the Cold War required courage from the people of Central and Eastern Europe and what was then the German Democratic Republic, but it also required the steadfastness of Western partner over many decades when many had long lost hope of integration of the two Germanys and Europe.”
“Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.”
“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.”
“Rather like Batman, I embody the themes of the movie which are the values of family, courage and compassion and a sense of right and wrong, good and bad and justice.”
“Deep Throat's information, and in my view, courage, allowed the newspaper to use what he knew and suspected.”
“You have to do what you need to do as an artist. You have to have that courage.”
“Don't wish me happiness - I don't expect to be happy it's gotten beyond that, somehow. Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor - I will need them all.”
“Washington's answer to a self-inflicted financial crisis reminded Americans why they so deeply distrust the political class. The 'fiscal cliff' process was secretive and sloppy, and the nation's so-called leadership lacked the political courage to address our root problems: joblessness and debt.”
“Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.”
“Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount.”
“This soul, or life within us, by no means agrees with the life outside us. If one has the courage to ask her what she thinks, she is always saying the very opposite to what other people say.”
“Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.”
“Courage and grace are a formidable mixture. The only place to see it is in the bullring.”