“The more obstacles you face and overcome, the more times you falter and get back on track, the more difficulties you struggle with and conquer, the more resiliency you will naturally develop. There is nothing that can hold you back, if you are resilient.”
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“Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.”
“Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both.”
“All that is impossible remains to be accomplished.”
“It is not these well-fed long-haired men that I fear, but the pale and the hungry-looking.”
“Our country is in danger, but not to be despaired of. Our enemies are numerous and powerful; but we have many friends, determining to be free, and heaven and earth will aid the resolution. On you depend the fortunes of America. You are to decide the important question, on which rest the happiness and liberty of millions yet unborn. Act worthy of yourselves.”
“And what he greatly thought, he nobly dared.”
“People have a problem with me being different, but that propels me forward in life.”
“The only weapon I had was my dancing. With that I fought like a general without an army. If I could have saved all the energy I wasted on my struggle it would have sufficed me to cover a dozen ballets.”
“You try as a parent. You love beyond reason. You fight beyond endurance. You hope beyond despair. You never think, until the very last moment, that it still might not be enough.”
“Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.”
“To die for the racists is lighter than a feather, but to die for the people is heavier than any mountain and deeper than any sea.”
“The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women”
“Someone once asked me how I hold my head up so high after all I have been through. I said it's because no matter what, I AM a SURVIVOR, NOT a victim.”
“Those who are ready to sacrifice freedom for security ultimately will lose both.”
“I was born with the courage to live. Only those are unwise who have never dared to be fools.”
“Nobody ever lives their life all the way up except bullfighters.”
“There is no safety for honest men, but by believing all possible evil of evil men, and by acting with promptitude, decision, and steadiness on that belief.”
“Courage means to keep working a relationship, to continue seeking solutions to difficult problems, and to stay focused during stressful periods.”
“I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights.”