“We have ordered things so long in a certain way, we are numb. Nobody dares question it. This is what is wrong, symbolically, with America.”
Courageous feeling
Courageous Quotes — page 76 of 1106
“Strength is the product of struggle, you must do what others don't to achieve what others won't.”
“Tis a Mistake to think this Fault [tyranny] is proper only to Monarchies; other Forms of Government are liable to it, as well as that. For where-ever the Power that is put in any hands for the Government of the People, and the Preservation of their Properties, is applied to other ends, and made use of to impoverish, harass, or subdue them to the Arbitrary and Irregular Commands of those that have it: There it presently becomes Tyranny, whether those that thus use it are one or many.”
“The Lord has not redeemed you so you might enjoy pleasures and luxuries or so that you might abandon yourself to ease and indolence, but rather so you should be prepared to endure all sorts of evils.”
“In order to stave off covetouness, greed, and spite, citizens world over must be educated.”
“To begin is the most important part of any quest and by far the most courageous.”
“If I were reincarnated I would wish to be returned to Earth as a killer virus to lower human population levels.”
“It is difficulties that show what men are. For the future, in case of any difficulty, remember that God, like a gymnastic trainer, has pitted you against a rough antagonist. For what end? That you may be an Olympic conqueror; and this cannot be without toil.”
“If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.”
“Those who take the most from the table, teach contentment. Those for whom the taxes are destined, demand sacrifice. Those who eat their fill, speak to the hungry, of wonderful times to come. Those who lead the country into the abyss, call ruling difficult, for ordinary folk.”
“My heroes are the ones who survived doing it wrong, who made mistakes, but recovered from them.”
“Sometimes, carrying on, just carrying on, is the superhuman achievement.”
“Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, 'This was their finest hour.'”
“The soldier who fights to death never dies, but the soldier who fights for existence never truly exists.”
“The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against all hazards: And it is our duty to defend them against all attacks.”
“I have no desires, save the desire to express myself in defiance of all the world’s muteness.”
“Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare The truth thou hast, that all may share; Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who dare.”
“If we lose the virile, manly qualities, and sink into a nation of mere hucksters, putting gain over national honor, and subordinating everything to mere ease of life, then we shall indeed reach a condition worse than that of the ancient civilizations in the years of their decay.”
“Governments constantly choose between telling lies and fighting wars, with the end result always being the same. One will always lead to the other.”
“Thug Life hit me like the Holy ghost.”