Quote #2

Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.

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  1. You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I'll rise.
  2. Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea tha…
  3. People will forget what you said People will forget what you did But people will never forget how you made them feel.
  4. There is nothing so pitiful as a young cynic because he has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing.
  5. I am capable of what every other human is capable of. This is one of the great lessons of war and life.
  6. We, unaccustomed to courage exiles from delight live coiled in shells of loneliness until love leaves its high holy temple and comes into o…
  7. If we are bold, love strikes away the chains of fear from our souls.
  8. Love costs all we are and will ever be. Yet it is only love which sets us free. A Brave and Startling Truth.

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