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Exlpore more Courage quotes

"You have to have courage to begin anything. Without courage and enthusiasm, there is nothing."

"Life begins at the edge of your fears."

"Don't fear to sing alone. If your song is right and melodies are touching, listeners will appear."

"Fear is unnecessary cargo when sailing to success."

"He, who fails to acknowledge and appreciate the real courage of our fathers, fails to appreciate the real lessons that the courage of our fathers teaches us today! The courage and the wisdom that propelled our fathers to move unrelentingly in their days must be nothing to us, but, a real reason for us to be more than courageous enough to do the undone distinctively in our days."

"We stand the risk of failure, because you refused to take risks. So life demands risks."
Explore more quotes by Barbara Cook

"On Saturday afternoons, there was a film, of course, and then we did about four shows between the films. And I would do a tap dance, a little military tap."

"I sang for my family. And I think probably the first time I sang and got paid for it, I was about 6 or 7."

"New Year's Eve, we're going to be doing a concert with the Philadelphia Orchestra in Symphony Hall. It makes me feel good, because of all the people they could have had, they wanted me! We do have to do a little work with the rhythm section."

"I remember feeling that. I couldn't do, nor did I want to do, the kinds of roles I'd been doing."

"Even within the last three or four years, I have a greater ability to communicate, I think. I have more courage to show the stuff... And it does take courage."
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