The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison a more illustrious abode.

Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.

Confidence… thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live.

I would storm the gates of Hell if Third Marine Air Wing was overhead.

Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace.

The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. That’s the time to listen to every fear you can imagine! When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead!

I never wanted to be Marilyn – it just happened. Marilyn’s like a veil I wear over Norma Jeane.

I’m over being a pop star. I don’t wanna be a hot girl. I wanna be iconic. And I feel like I’ve accomplished a lot. I feel like I’m highly respected, which is more important than any award or any amount of records. And I feel like there comes a point when being a pop star is not enough.

The cross of the Legion of Honor has been conferred on me. However, few escape that distinction.

You would think that a rock star being married to a supermodel would be one of the greatest things in the world. It is.

Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are.

Fame can take interesting men and thrust mediocrity upon them.

What a heavy burden is a name that has become too famous.

‚Fame‘ exhausts me.

I know you are here to kill me. Shoot, coward, you are only going to kill a man.

The Internet made fame wack and anonymity cool.

It’s better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life.

Cowards die many times before their actual deaths.

I had a lot of resistance, and not just to fame. I was always conscious of not changing.

We are braver and wiser because they existed, those strong women and strong men… We are who we are because they were who they were. It’s wise to know where you come from, who called your name.

Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle.

Heroes may not be braver than anyone else. They’re just braver five minutes longer.

I look out at the stadiums full of people and see them all knowing the words to songs I wrote. And curling their hair! I remember straightening my hair because I wanted to be like everybody else, and now the fact that anybody would emulate what I do? It’s just funny. And wonderful.

The bravest person I’ve ever met was a young boy going through massive amounts of treatment for a very rare, complex and unpleasant disease. I last saw him at a Discworld convention, where he chose to take part in a game as an assassin. He died not long afterwards, and I wish I had his fortitude and sense of style.

I sometimes wish I were suffering in a good cause, or risking my life for the good of others, instead of just being a gravely endangered patient.

Fame hit me like a ton of bricks.

Because you know when you first become famous, you start walking a little different because people are staring at you.

The human race is a race of cowards; and I am not only marching in that procession but carrying a banner.

Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence.

How does a nice Catholic girl end up going to prison for a year? It’s crazy. I’ve made mistakes. I have to pay for those mistakes.

Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.

Death most resembles a prophet who is without honor in his own land or a poet who is a stranger among his people.

The ads all call me fearless, but that’s just publicity. Anyone who thinks I’m not scared out of my mind whenever I do one of my stunts is crazier than I am.

Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid.

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.

How can any man be weak who dares to be at all?

It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.

If I’d written all the truth I knew for the past ten years, about 600 people – including me – would be rotting in prison cells from Rio to Seattle today. Absolute truth is a very rare and dangerous commodity in the context of professional journalism.

Sometimes I’m fascinated with how famous my work could be while I’m not so famous.

Even those who write against fame wish for the fame of having written well, and those who read their works desire the fame of having read them.

The fact that my 15 minutes of fame has extended a little longer than 15 minutes is somewhat surprising to me and completely baffling to my wife.

See, ‚A Time to Kill‘ was the one I got famous off of. Big ka-boom, over one weekend. After that, I did films that I really wanted to do.

Fame and power are the objects of all men. Even their partial fruition is gained by very few; and that, too, at the expense of social pleasure, health, conscience, life.

In the book of Gaga, fame is in your heart, fame is there to comfort you, to bring you self-confidence and worth whenever you need it.

I’ve always strived to be successful, not famous.

Physical elegance, which is what I am talking about here, comes from the body. This is no superficial matter, but rather the way that man found to honour the way he places his two feet on the ground.

To be famous, in fact, one has only to kill one’s landlady.

The honor of a nation is its life.

Only those are fit to live who are not afraid to die.

It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. All the illustrious persons of antiquity, and indeed of every age in the world, have passed through this fiery persecution.

The greatest honor history can bestow is that of peacemaker.

A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.

All honor’s wounds are self-inflicted.

I wanted to be famous for my music and my talent, and I always wished I could cut it out when I left the stage.

You know, fame is a funny thing, man, especially, you know, actors, musicians, rappers, rock singers, it’s kind of a lifestyle and it’s easy to get caught up in it – you go to bars, you go to clubs, everyone’s doing a certain thing… It’s tough.

I suppose, in a way, this has become part of my soul. It is a symbol of my life. Whatever I have done that really matters, I’ve done wearing it. When the time comes, it will be in this that I journey forth. What greater honor could come to an American, and a soldier?

I’ve always seen first responders as unsung heroes and very special people because, when everyone else is running away from danger, they run into it.

I was probably the first footballer ever to have a pop-star profile, and my agent was right when he said we could put my name on stair rods and sell them to people in bungalows.

We’re constantly striving for success, fame and comfort when all we really need to be happy is someone or some thing to be enthusiastic about.

I get really restless when I haven’t worked for a day and a half. I have a recurring dream that people are lined up next to my bed, waiting for autographs and taking pictures of me!

We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.