Courage quotes

“You're gonna get killed. And I came here to stand next to you while that happens 'cause that's what friends do... that's what men do.”
Seth Rogen - Steve Wozniak

“I'm not questioning your bravery. The question is: what about their lives? You and Mr. Emmett are good friends. You went to the Academy together. Would you be willing to sacrifice his life? Or what about some of the younger enlisted men? I know a lot of those guys look up to you like a big brother. You willing to lay their lives on the line?”

Bill Paxton - Lt. Cmdr. Mike Dahlgren

“- Herman Melville: Something else you've given me tonight.
- Tom Nickerson: And what's that?
- Herman Melville: The courage to go where one does not want to go.”
Ben Whishaw - Herman Melville
Brendan Gleeson - Tom Nickerson

“If we must go to prison to obtain the vote, let it be the windows of government, not the bodies of women, that shall be broken.”
Meryl Streep - Emmeline Pankhurst

“It is a thousand candles that will burn for every brave soldier that marches to the steps of the drums of liberty, so that tyranny will never trample the spirit of freedom in the hearts of men, throughout a world thrown into darkness and despair.”
Louise Fletcher - Marlene DuChard

“- Buscemi: What happens when he's dead?
- El Mariachi: When Bucho's dead... it's over. He is the last one.
- Buscemi: End of payback? An eye for an eye and all that crap? You finally gonna be satisfied?
- El Mariachi: I think so.
- Buscemi: I hope so. 'Cause, I don't have the stomach for this anymore.”
Steve Buscemi - Buscemi
Antonio Banderas - El Mariachi

“- Sydney Carton: My poor child. It isn't understanding we need now. It's courage.
- Seamstress: You're going to die in his place.”
Ronald Colman - Sydney Carton
Isabel Jewell - Seamstress

“If you had a chance to change a situation would you take it?”
Jason Mitchell - Eazy-E

“- Jerry Conlaine: Come on, Dan. It's like when we'd jump off the railroad bridge into the river when we were kids. That was higher than this.
- Dan Mott: But I never did jump in the river! You guys always pushed me when I wasn't looking!”
Matthew Lillard - Jerry Conlaine
Seth Green - Dan Mott

“Personally I'm of the opinion that for a paper to best perform its function, it really needs to stand alone.”
Liev Schreiber - Marty Baron

“Never underestimate the power we women have to define our own destinies.”
Meryl Streep - Emmeline Pankhurst

“- Philippe Petit: Two magnificent towers, one hundred meters taller than the Eiffel Tower itself. What do you think?
- Annie Allix: I don’t know. It looks so…so…
- Philippe Petit: Beautiful.
- Annie Allix: Beautiful, yes. And dangerous, and completely insane, and you’re a mad man.
- Philippe Petit: Yes, I’m a mad man. But this…this is my...” (continue)(continue reading)
Joseph Gordon-Levitt - Philippe Petit
Charlotte Le Bon - Annie

“The really courageous and bold thing is to make movies about human behaviour.”
Laura Dern

“Fearless people are interesting to watch.”
Ronald Francis Perlman

“I will not leave Cold Mountain. My last thread of courage is to wait... for you.”

Nicole Kidman - Ada Monroe

“Would they give you a medal, Clarice, do you think? Would you have it professionally framed and hang it on your wall to look at and remind you of your courage and incorruptibility? All you would need for that, Clarice, is a mirror.”
Philip Anthony Hopkins - Hannibal Lecter

“You have such perseverance, Bertie. You're the bravest man I know. You'll make a bloody good king.”
Geoffrey Rush - Lionel Logue

“Why don't we tame this bronco, huh? You and me, spirit and guts.”
Dennis Quaid - Frank Sullivan

“- John Dean: Can I ask you a question? How the hell do you have the temerity to blackmail the President of the United States?
- E. Howard Hunt: That's not the question, John. The question is: why is he paying?”
David Hyde Pierce - John Dean
Ed Harris - E. Howard Hunt

“A gutsy lady.”
George Roy Hill On Julie Andrews

“- Ivy Walker: How is it you are brave, when all the rest of us shake in our boots?
- Lucius Hunt: I do not worry about what will happen, only what needs to be done.”
Bryce Dallas Howard - Ivy Walker
Joaquin Phoenix - Lucius Hunt

“You are so brave. So handsome, too. Even the nose. Long, like jumbo frankfurter.”
Katja Zoch - Zelda

“- Burt: I want him, I want his balls!
- Travis Brickley: Yeah, I thought you were missing a pair, asshole!”
Kane Hodder - Burt
Chris Penn - Travis Brickley

“- Joey Rosselini: You know, Gerald, I've dealt with niggers, kikes, pollacks, chinks, spics. God made it, I've seen it. But you fucking hillbillies, you are the dumbest that I've met!
- Gerald Gates: Go to Hell!
- Joey Rosselini: You know, Gerald, I gotta hand it to you, you got balls. Stupid as shit, but major balls.”
Adam Baldwin - Joey Rosselini
Bill Paxton - Gerald Gates

“- Dr. David Hawthorne: I wouldn't have thought bravery would be a problem for you.
- Charles Remington: Well, you hope each time it won't be... But you never really know.”
Bernard Hill - Dr. David Hawthorne