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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He who moves not forward, goes backward
He who moves not forward, goes backward
Courage is fear that has said its prayers.
Courage is fear that has said its prayers.
To see what is right and not to do it, is want of courage. -Confucius Analects.
To see what is right and not to do it, is want of courage. -Confucius Analects.
He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses read more
He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.
Write on your doors the saying wise and old,
"Be bold! be bold!" and everywhere--"Be bold;
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Write on your doors the saying wise and old,
"Be bold! be bold!" and everywhere--"Be bold;
Be not too bold!" Yet better the excess
That the defect; better the more than less;
Better like Hector in the field to die,
Than like a perfumed Paris turn and fly.
I'd rather give my life than be afraid to give it.
I'd rather give my life than be afraid to give it.
We are all the President's men.
We are all the President's men.
Fear is that little darkroom where negatives are developed.
Fear is that little darkroom where negatives are developed.
He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.
He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.
