“How can the oppressed, as divided, unauthentic beings, participate in developing the pedagogy of their liberation? Only as they discover themselves to be 'hosts' of the oppressor can they contribute to the midwifery of their liberating pedagogy. As long as they live in the duality in which to be is to be like and to be like is to be like the oppressor, this contribution is impossible. The pedagogy of the oppressed is an instrument for their critical discovery that both they and their oppressors are manifestations of dehumanization.”
Courageous feeling
Courageous Quotes — page 168 of 1106
“If we don't face our fears, our fears will chase us forever.”
“He who wishes to serve his country must have not only the power to think, but the will to act”
“I hold the line, the line of strength that pulls me from the fear.”
“Democracy is "government of, by and for the people".”
“Courage is more exhilarating than fear, and in the long run, it is easier.”
“There is much to be done, there is much that can be done... one person of integrity can make a difference.”
“You can measure the happiness of a marriage by the number of scars that each partner carries on their tongues, earned from years of biting back angry words.”
“Those who take action have a disproportionate impact. The power of one is to move many.”
“Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience.”
“You can't put down anybody. You can just try and understand. The emphasis shouldn't be on revolution, it should be on communication. Because it's just going to get more uptight. The more the revolution goes on, and there will be a civil war sooner or later.”
“One player's selfish attitude can poison a locker room and make it hard, if not impossible, to establish team work”
“When I hear people talk about juggling or the sacrifices they make for their children, I look at them like they're crazy because sacrifice infers that there was something better to do than the thing - than being with your children.”
“My mother always taught me to be strong and to never be a victim. Never make excuses. Never expect anyone else to provide for me things I know I can provide for myself.”
“Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way round or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves.”
“Sometimes our breakthrough begins when we refuse to be impressed with the size of our problem.”
“The strongest force in the universe is Compound Interest.”
“You get to the point where your demons, which are terrifying, get smaller and smaller and you get bigger and bigger.”
“Fearlessness may be a gift, but perhaps most precious is courage from cultivating the habit of refusing to let fear dictate one's actions.”
“By declaring our Prophet infallible and not permitting ourselves to question him, we Muslims had set up a static tyranny. The Prophet Muhammad attempted to legislate every aspect of life. By adhering to his rules of what is permitted and what is forbidden, we Muslims supressed the freedom to think for ourselves and to act as we chose. We froze the moral outlook of billions of people into the mindset of the Arab desert in the seventh century. We were not just servants of Allah, we were slaves.”