Patty Jenkins Quotes

Heroes have a rough time because they stand up when they ought not to, they speak when they ought not to; they always have to go that extra mile.

There are times in politics when you must be on the right side and lose.

Leadership is about doing what you know is right - even when a growing din of voices around you is trying to convince you to accept what you know to be wrong.

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.

Cowardice asks the question, is it safe? Expediency asks the question, is it politic? Vanity asks the question, is it popular? But conscience asks the question, is it right? And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but one must take it because it is right.

It is not easy to stand up against your constituents or your friends or colleagues or your community and take a tough stand for something you believe is right. Because you always want to keep working and live to fight another battle and it might cost you your career.

There comes a time when you have to stand up and be counted.

Each person has inside a basic decency and goodness. If he listens to it and acts on it, he is giving a great deal of what it is the world needs most. It is not complicated but it takes courage. It takes courage for a person to listen to his own goodness and act on it.

I'm saying to be a hero is means you step across the line and are willing to make a sacrifice, so heroes always are making a sacrifice. Heroes always take a risk. Heroes always deviant. Heroes always doing something that most people don't and we want to change - I want to democratise heroism to say any of us can be a hero.

There is a value in taking a stand whether or not anybody may be noticing it and whether or not it is a risky thing to do.

I have little shame, no dignity - all in the name of a better cause.

I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out.

Spider-Man has always been a symbol of goodness and doing the right thing and looking after your fellow man.

I'm willing to throw my body in front of the bus to stop bad ideas.

The world is full of men who think and teach what is right. But as soon as they are called upon to act, they are assailed by doubts and fears.

A man must have guts enough to fall out even with his friends .... The only way to play politics is not to play politics.

It takes a special conviction to decide to go against the crowd and to know what is right and to act upon it.

Know what's important and what isn't. Have the wisdom to know the right thing to do, the integrity to do it, the character to stand up to those who don't, and the courage to stop those who won't.

Doing the right thing is a decision, which in many cases means you stand alone.

When I was young, I read the Bible, and I already knew what it meant to be the good guy - and look what happened to Jesus. So, I already understood that you get ridiculed for telling the truth, and I've always been aware of that. But, I'm a guy with confidence, and I'm not afraid.

In a career playing heroes, I learned a little about the real thing. A hero stands up-for himself, for herself, but most importantly for others.

I learned that moral courage is harder than physical courage.

That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.

Let us all be brave enough to die the death of a martyr, but let no one lust for martyrdom.

I am always the 'good guy', and I take on the idiotic jerks of the nation.