Start doing the things you think should be done, and start being what you think society should become. Do you believe in free speech? Then speak freely. Do you love the truth? Then tell it. Do you believe in an open society? Then act in the open. Do you believe in a decent and humane society? Then behave decently and humanely. -Adam Michnik.
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Have the courage to live. Anyone can die.
Have the courage to live. Anyone can die.
Bravery has no place where it can avail nothing.
Bravery has no place where it can avail nothing.
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It hurts to love someone and not be loved in return, but what is the most painful is to love someone and never find the courage to let the person know how you feel.
Courage is found in unlikely places.
Courage is found in unlikely places.
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In order to discover new lands, one must be willing to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises again. [Proverbs 24:16].
For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises again. [Proverbs 24:16].
"I'm very brave generally," he went on in a low voice; "only today I happen to have a headache."
"I'm very brave generally," he went on in a low voice; "only today I happen to have a headache."
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.
