“The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.”
Courageous feeling
Courageous Quotes — page 90 of 1106
“Homophobia is like racism and anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry in that it seeks to dehumanize a large group of people, to deny their humanity, their dignity and personhood.”
“I have been uncompromising, peppery, intractable, monomaniacal, tactless, volatile, and oftentimes disagreeable... I suppose I'm larger than life.”
“The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.”
“Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.”
“Fearlessness may be a gift but perhaps more precious is the courage acquired through endeavour, courage that comes from cultivating the habit of refusing to let fear dictate one's actions, courage that could be described as 'grace under pressure' - grace which is renewed repeatedly in the face of harsh, unremitting pressure.”
“The more we oblige, the more we self-censor, the more we appease, the bolder the enemy gets.”
“Desperate times breed desperate measures”
“Never run away from anything. Never!”
“Champion the right to be yourself; dare to be different and to set your own pattern, live your own life, and follow your own star.”
“Beginners are many; finishers are few.”
“When you die, it does not mean that you lose to cancer, you beat cancer by how you live, why you live and in the manner in which you live.”
“Everything is out there waiting for you. All you have to do is walk up and declare yourself in. No need for permission. You just need courage to say, 'Include me'. Providing you have the energy to pull it off you can do what you like.”
“General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization: Come here to this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”
“It takes a strong effort on the part of each American Indian not to become Europeanized. The strength for this effort can only come from the traditional ways, the traditional values that our elders retain.”
“Trust firmly in your luck, cling to your happiness, and dare to take risks.”
“When you need to stop an asteroid, you get Superman. When you need to solve a mystery, you call Batman. But when you need to end a war, you get Wonder Woman.”
“A civilization is not destroyed by wicked people; it is not necessary that people be wicked but only that they be spineless.”
“"Appeasement" is the policy of feeding your friends to a crocodile, one at a time, in hopes that the crocodile will eat you last.”
“He who masters the grey everyday is a hero.”