Sean Penn Quotes

It's only in innocence you find any kind of magic, any kind of courage.

Sean Penn

• Courage
• Magic
• Innocence

• Previous
• Next

Quotes to Explore

• It is up to African leaders to show their will and political courage in order to assure that this new pan-African institution becomes an efficient instrument and not a place for endless discussions.

  

  Omar Bongo
  • Up
  • Political
  • Courage

• Every great man, every successful man, no matter what the field of endeavor, has known the magic that lies in these words: every adversity has the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit.

  

  W. Clement Stone
  • Great
  • Man
  • Words

• I think that what's been holding composers back a great deal is that they feel they must have a new style every year. This, in my case, would be hopeless. In fact, it is said that I have no style at all, but that doesn't matter. I just go on doing, as they say, my thing. I believe this takes a certain courage.

  

  Samuel Barber
  • Great
  • Believe
  • Style

• All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination.

  

  Earl Nightingale
  • Road
  • Courage
  • inspirational

• When we read stories of heroes, we identify with them. We take the journey with them. We see how the obstacles almost overcome them. We see how they grow as human beings or gain qualities or show great qualities of strength and courage and with them, we grow in some small way.

  

  Sam Raimi
  • Great
  • Small
  • Courage

• Collaboration is just, really, a group of people getting in a room with their eye on a very similar prize and wanting to come out with the same show. The director, ultimately, is the guy in front of whom the buck stops. So, he has to have the courage to prevail. But, he has got to have a huge amount of respect for his collaborators.

  

  Harold Prince
  • People
  • Guy
  • Respect

• Life would be very dreary if there were no magic. If the real world were only that veil of tears, I just don't think could get up in the morning.

  

  Victoria Moran
  • Life
  • Up
  • World

• In fact, my courage and my bravery at a young age was the thing I was bullied for, a kind of 'Who do you think you are?'

  

  Lady Gaga
  • Age
  • Courage
  • Bravery

• The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed.

  

  Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • May
  • Wisdom
  • Doubt

• We are in the midst of a momentous catastrophe of world history, of a transformation of all aspects of life and of the entire inner human being This is perhaps fortunate for the artistic person, if he is strong enough to bear the consequences, because what we need is the courage to have inner experience.

  

  Walter Gropius
  • Life
  • World
  • Experience

• The courage of very ordinary people is all that stands between us and the dark.

  

  Pam Brown
  • People
  • Dark
  • Courage

• Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.

  

  E. F. Schumacher
  • Courage
  • Fool
  • Intelligent

• Without a doubt, even when I play with Black Label, when we have different guys I play with, everyone always brings their own magic, their own flavor to the soup, hands down.

  

  Zakk Wylde Black Label Society
  • Different
  • Black
  • Doubt

• The truly great books are always novels: 'Anna Karenina,' 'The Brothers Karamazov,' 'The Magic Mountain.' Just as with 'Shahnameh,' I browse these books from time to time to remember how a great book works on us or to teach my students at Columbia University.

  

  Orhan Pamuk
  • Time
  • Great
  • Book

• We don't talk about courage much in our everyday conversations, but I am comfortable with it now.

  

  Victoria Pendleton
  • Courage
  • Comfortable
  • Conversations

• Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Man
  • Courage
  • Own

• We simply do not understand our place in the universe and have not the courage to admit it.

  

  Barry Lopez
  • Universe
  • Courage
  • Admit

• The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue.

  

  Napoleon Bonaparte
  • Courage
  • Soldier
  • Endurance

• If I could wave a magic wand and be anything, I'd be a really respected, really successful author. That's a hard combination to get, though. I really enjoy acting, and it's easier, frankly.

  

  Christine Elise
  • Magic
  • Author

• We must have courage to bet on our ideas, to take the calculated risk, and to act. Everyday living requires courage if life is to be effective and bring happiness.

  

  Maxwell Maltz
  • Life
  • Risk
  • Courage

• I know it's not good to be weak and helpless. But I don't think it's good to be too strong either. In our society, they talk about survival of the fittest. But we're not animals. We're human.

  

  Natsuki Takaya
  • Survival
  • Animals
  • Fitters

• I've always been a water baby.

  

  Ashlan Gorse Cousteau
  • Water
  • Baby

• It's only in innocence you find any kind of magic, any kind of courage.

  

  Sean Penn
  • Courage
  • Magic
  • Innocence