“My message to the international community is that our silence and complicity especially on the situation in Gaza shames us all. It is almost like the behaviour of the military junta in Burma”
Courageous feeling
Courageous Quotes — page 52 of 1106
“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”
“That which does not kill me can only make me stronger.”
“We fight not for glory, nor for wealth, nor honour but only and alone for freedom which no good man surrenders but with his life.”
“Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.”
“Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.”
“We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees.”
“If the Nuremberg laws were applied, then every post-war American president would have been hanged.”
“Obstacles cannot bend me. Every obstacle yields to effort.”
“No artist tolerates reality.”
“The only alternative to coexistence is codestruction.”
“None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.”
“There is a difference between broke and being poor. Being broke is a temporary economic condition, but being poor is a disabling frame of mind and a depressed condition of your spirit, and you must vow to never, ever be poor again.”
“Revolt is the right of the people”
“We don't always cry because we are weak, sometimes we cry because we have been strong, brave and courageous for way too long.”
“Now, I ask you, had you not rather be killed than to be a slave to a tyrant, who takes the life of your mother, wife, and dear little children? Look upon your mother, wife and children, and answer God Almighty; and believe this, that it is no more harm for you to kill a man who is trying to kill you, than it is for you to take a drink of water when thirsty.”
“I knew that the moment the great governing spirit strikes the blow to divide all humanity into just two opposing factions, I would be on the side of the common people.”
“The impatient idealist says: 'Give me a place to stand and I shall move the earth.' But such a place does not exist. We all have to stand on the earth itself and go with her at her pace.”
“The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man without trials.”
“We don't need police officers who see themselves as warriors. We need police officers who see themselves as guardians and parts of the community. You can't police a community that you're not a part of.”