Courage

Feminism...Is not 'women as victims' but women refusing to be victims.

I chose not to put a wig on. The reason why I chose to come out with the cancer thing is because there's somebody out there who can see that all sickness isn't unto death. That it's something you can't change at that point in time, so you just got to go with it. Don't be ashamed. Don't be ashamed of looking at yourself.

Every successful person had experience failure but they overcome with courage and adamant hope.

Women's courage is rather different from men's. The fact that women have to bring up children and look after husbands makes them braver at facing long-term issues, such as illness. Men are more immediately courageous. Lots of people are brave in battle.

Courage easily finds its own eloquence.

A bird does not give up flying because it failed on its first attempt.

To fall down is to face the weakness of my humanity, test the mettle of my character, and push the limits of my strength. Therefore, falling down will tell me who I am far more clearly than most things I might learn when I’m standing up.

The only thing that is stronger than what I fear is what I believe in.

Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road.

Wounds are inspirations to make us stronger than the sun which blazes the day to be longer.

That's when you stop being one way and start being another, Ruby said. Not something many people can do, or want to do. In fact, Ruby said, The only people who cross over, cross over because they're on some kind of Mission Impossible.I could no longer live and stay the way I was, I said.

Was mutual need enough to risk trusting a calculated enemy in hopes of destroying a more powerful one?

We're going to be OK because of the American people. They have more grit, determination and courage than you can imagine.

Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love.

Heroes are those who can somehow resist the power of the situation and act out of noble motives, or behave in ways that do not demean others when they easily can.

How sublime a thing it is to suffer and be strong.

The only way to get over the pain is to face it, embrace it, hug it and learn the lessons embedded within it.

Don't let a kick in the ass stop you. It's how you cope that says what you are.

As an Asian-American actor, I believe it is important to never settle for the status quo. I feel a responsibility to do everything in my power to create positive perceptions of Asian Americans through my work.

A WORD OF ENCOURAGEMENTStomach-ache can be a curse.