“Nobody respects a country with a poor army, but everybody respects a country with a good army. I raise my toast to the Finnish army”
Courageous feeling
Courageous Quotes — page 13 of 1106
“I know of no better life purpose than to perish in attempting the great and the impossible.”
“I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.”
“A man is great not because he hasn't failed; a man is great because failure hasn't stopped him.”
“Social reforms are never carried out by the weakness of the strong; but always by the strength of the weak.”
“The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.”
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”
“If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.”
“What worries you, masters you.”
“Follow your own path, no matter what people say.”
“Somebody has to stand when other people are sitting. Somebody has to speak when other people are quiet.”
“I believe that there will be ultimately be a clash between the oppressed and those who do the oppressing. I believe that there will be a clash between those who want freedom, justice and equality for everyone and those who want to continue the system of exploitation. I believe that there will be that kind of clash, but I don't think it will be based on the color of the skin.”
“The real political task in a society such as ours is to criticize the workings of institutions that appear to be both neutral and independent, to criticize and attack them in such a manner that the political violence that has always exercised itself obscurely through them will be unmasked, so that one can fight against them.”
“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”
“Many of you wished me dead. Many of you perhaps still do. But I hold no grudges and seek no revenge. I demand only this...that you join with me in building a new Rome, a Rome that offers justice, peace and land to all its citizens, not just the privileged few. Support me in this task, and old divisions will be forgotten. Oppose me, and Rome will not forgive you a second time. Senators, the war is over.”
“Don’t let Negative and Toxic people rent space in your head. Raise the rent and kick them out.”
“Dominator culture has tried to keep us all afraid, to make us choose safety instead of risk, sameness instead of diversity. Moving through that fear, finding out what connects us, revelling in our differences; this is the process that brings us closer, that gives us a world of shared values, of meaningful community.”
“When I bought the Rolls Royce they thought it was leased, then I bought that new Ferrari hater rest in peace.”
“Only a fool lets somebody else tell him who his enemy is....never let your enemies choose your enemies for you.”
“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.”