“Striving for social justice is the most valuable thing to do in life.”
Courageous feeling
Courageous Quotes — page 191 of 1106
“Men should continue to fight, but they should fight for things worth while, not for imaginary geographical lines, racial prejudices and private greed draped in the color's of patriotism.”
“The strength of the Constitution lies entirely in the determination of each citizen to defend it. Only if every single citizen feels duty bound to do his share in this defense are the constitutional rights secure.”
“Anyone who has accustomed himself to regard the life of any living creature as worthless is in danger of arriving also at the idea of worthless human lives.”
“The man who denounces life merely defines himself as the man who is unequal to it.”
“To change the world, you must first change yourself. And baby, that's hard enough.”
“Freedom is heavy. You got to put your shoulder to freedom. Put your shoulder to it and hope your back holds up.”
“I cannot emphasize enough how wrongheaded this is. Withholding criticism and ignoring differences are racism in its purest form. Yet these cultural experts fail to notice that, through their anxious avoidance of criticizing non-Western countries, they trap the people who represent these cultures in a state of backwardness. The experts may have the best of intentions, but as we all know, the road to hell is paved with good intentions.”
“Do not keep silent when your own ideas and values are being attacked. If a dictatorship ever comes to this country, it will be by the fault of those who keep silent. We are still free enough to speak. Do we have time? No one can tell.”
“Fearlessness is like a muscle. I know from my own life that the more I exercise it the more natural it becomes to not let my fears run me.”
“Everybody's got opinions on the way you're livin', But see, they can't fill your shoes.”
“Like a fellow running from or toward a gun ain't got time to worry whether the word for what he is doing is courage or cowardice.”
“If you don't have any enemies in life you have never stood up for anything.”
“Victory will never be found by taking the path of least resistance.”
“Sure I am this day we are masters of our fate, that the task which has been set before us is not above our strength; that its pangs and toils are not beyond our endurance. As long as we have faith in our own cause and an unconquerable will to win, victory will not be denied us.”
“Although always prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it should be postponed.”
“Even if God exists, he's done such a terrible job, it's a wonder people don't get together and file a class action suit against him.”
“The world doesn’t need another opinion, they need another person taking action. So I take action because I see the call and respond.”
“There are wolves within, and there are sheep without.”
“Great suffering brings with it the power of great endurance. When sorrow is deepest all the forces of patience and courage are banded together to do their duty. So while we are cowards before petty troubles, great sorrows make us brave by rousing our truer manhood.”