I think a lot of writers spend years just getting up the courage to write because it seems like such a fantasy of a profession. My dad saved me all that time by making me think, 'Oh, anyone can be a writer. It's like being a firefighter or a lawyer.'

The right response to the non-problem of global warming is to have the courage to do nothing.

He's nice enough not to want to be associated with a nasty remark but not nice enough not to make it. Lacking the courage of one's nastiness does not make one nice.

Music was always a big part of my family. Only a few of us had the talent - or the courage - to walk out on a stage.

It takes a lot of courage as an actor to take time off for family. But family is everything.

I think what I most admired about my father was his extraordinary courage. He had such energy to pursue whatever he wanted, and he really didn't care what others thought.

I want to work as hard as I can. But I also want six kids! It takes a lot of courage as an actor to take time off for family. But family is everything.

More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye of caution.

I always disliked dogs, those protectors of cowards who lack the courage to fight an assailant themselves.

Men who live valiantly and die nobly have a strength and a courage from the eternal Father.

My definition of courage is never letting anyone define you.

Courage ought to have eyes as well as arms.

Design is the courage and brilliance to cover an original and make it different.

Support the strong, give courage to the timid, remind the indifferent, and warn the opposed.

Courage is the fear of being thought a coward.

I remember having friends in high school that did the theater department stuff, and I always wanted to try it but never had the guts to. I was the class clown but could never really build up the courage to try it. I took one acting class and really enjoyed it.

My talent is such that no undertaking, however vast in size... has ever surpassed my courage.

War paralyzes your courage and deadens the spirit of true manhood.