Elizabeth Berg Quotes

I'm a big person when it comes to doing what you believe in.

Stand up for what you believe. Follow your gut, which most of the time is your heart talking. This has been my hardest lesson. I have given this advice and not always followed it myself. The truth is, there is no other way.

I think bravery is when you're willing to really put yourself on the line and maybe lose out, financially - and be able to say exactly what motivates you and what inspires you and what you find completely unacceptable in humanity and in culture.

When I write, I don't allow the fear of consequences to interfere with the writing process. I have in the past paid for my commitment to the truth and the way I live my life. I am prepared to pay more if I have to.

You have to do what you believe in.

Follow your honest convictions and be strong.

My biggest strength is I'm courageous, or if I am afraid of something, I do it anyway. I do what I feel. It's nothing personal against anyone, so that courageousness has been very good to me.

I'd rather be dead and in heaven than afraid to do what I think is right.

Have the courage of your desire.

Frankly, I would never ask a supporter to bet big on me if I wouldn't bet big on myself. It wouldn't be fair.

What I do and what I love, I don't betray that. Sometimes people say you have to tolerate it. No, you have to do what you think necessary, what your heart tells you, and go where the Almighty leads you.

Nobody is going to believe what you're saying if you don't believe it yourself.

I've always been a person that has said what's on my mind and stand behind it with a lot of heart and passion.

Courage means going against majority opinion in the name of the truth.

you must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.

From long familiarity, we know what honor is. It is what enables the individual to do right in the face of complacency and cowardice. It is what enables the soldier to die alone, the political prisoner to resist, the singer to sing her song, hardly appreciated, on a side street.

Live up to your convictions. You walk in grace or you walk in fear. You can't have it both ways.

I think that people need to have the courage of their convictions and not be trying to fool people into thinking that they've changed overnight.

Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it.

There's only one thing worse than a man who doesn't have strong likes and dislikes, and that's a man who has strong likes and dislikes without the courage to voice them.

But one of the things I learned is that when you fight for something you believe in and you tell the truth and you do your best, you can always hold your head up high and no one can take that away from you.

My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think or of my opinions.

I just do whatever it is that I believe I should do, regardless of the risks to my life.

I just felt that 'Golden Balls' was the right thing to do. I didn't care if people thought I was a failure.

Be yourself. Follow your instincts. Success depends, at least in part, on the ability to 'carry it off.'