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Courageous Quotes — page 216 of 1106
“When we spend our lives waiting until we're perfect or bulletproof before we walk into the arena, we ultimately sacrifice relationships and opportunities that may not be recoverable, we squander our precious time, and we turn our backs on our gifts, those unique contributions that only we can make.”
“Even if you have to go through hell - go without hesitation.”
“While I am a convinced pacifist there are circumstances in which I believe the use of force is appropriate - namely, in the face of an enemy unconditionally bent on destroying me and my people.”
“Life is a storm. One minute you will bathe under the sun and the next you will be shattered upon the rocks. That's when you shout, "Do your worst, for I will do mine!" and you will be remembered forever.”
“You assume we are all sexually stable; while on the other hand, as I have become acquainted with people, I find that they are all perverted sinners, one way or another, that the whole society is corrupt and rotten and repressed and unconscious that it exhibits its repression in various forms of social sadism.”
“Leadership is about being a servant first.”
“willingness to explore everything is a sign of strength. The weak ones have prejudices. Prejudices are a protection.”
“I wasn't predicted to be anything. I just followed an inner spirit, and it put me in the right place and the right time. I didn't want to be the mayor of Atlanta. I didn't want to run for Congress. I didn't want to work for Martin Luther King Jr. I wanted to work close to him and be a writer and write about the movement.”
“We've got to understand that all disenfranchised people have something in common...The pursuit of justice really is about equality for everyone.”
“Fortune favours the bold.”
“Those who cannot bravely face danger are the slaves of their attackers.”
“Because Christian morality leaves animals out of account, they are at once outlawed in philosophical morals; they are mere 'things,' mere means to any ends whatsoever. They can therefore be used for vivisection, hunting, coursing, bullfights, and horse racing, and can be whipped to death as they struggle along with heavy carts of stone. Shame on such a morality that is worthy of pariahs, and that fails to recognize the eternal essence that exists in every living thing, and shines forth with inscrutable significance from all eyes that see the sun!”
“I think that the greatest betrayal that a revolutionary can participate in is to become like the people you are struggling against. To become like your persecutors. I think that is a betrayal and a sin.”
“If we are not committed to saving this earth we will be buying designer air filters and gas masks with little Nike swishes on them.”
“To sell your soul is the easiest thing in the world. That's what everybody does every hour of his life. If I asked you to keep your soul - would you understand why that's much harder?”
“The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren”
“Evil prevails when good men fail to act.”
“Those who restrain their desires, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.”
“For the poor wren (The most diminutive of birds) will fight, Her young ones in her nest, against the owl.”