Quotes about Courage

if you are true to the leading of the Holy Spirit, you will have to do things that humble you, make you appear as a wimp, and do things that nobody will admire.

More visibility is more power, but more vulnerability.

People are so fearful about opening themselves up. All you want to do is to be able to connect with other people. When you connect with other people, you connect with something in yourself. It makes you feel happy. And yet it's so scary - it makes people feel vulnerable and unsafe.

Some people are attracted to vulnerability. From my very first album, I've been vulnerable. I've always given parts of me, parts of my life - good, bad, ugly. I've never put up this image as a super-thug. Also, some people just like the music.

It is hard for me to be vulnerable, because I never learned how to do that. I was never vulnerable in a safe way.

People think you're vulnerable when you tell the truth, but it's never hurt me.

People like Brel were sensitive and vulnerable; on stage, they dared to take risks.

I'd tell my 20-year-old self, 'Don't be afraid to do it all. Whatever you're interested in, just go for it. Don't wait around for a better time.'

Some people only ask others to do something. I believe that, why should I wait for someone else? Why don't I take a step and move forward.

They - you know, when we walked in - when I walked in with the two white men that had carried me down - and they cursed me all the way down. They would ask me questions, and when I would try to answer, they would tell me to hush.

I'm not a big guy for research. You've got to take a risk.

Nina Simone sacrificed so much to be as bold as she was about being black and about being female in an era where that could have cost her life.