"It seems to me that I cannot afford, as a self-respecting individual, to refuse to do a thing merely because it will make me disliked or bring down a storm of criticism on my head."

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"It seems to me that I cannot afford, as a self-respecting individual, to refuse to do a thing merely because it will make me disliked or bring down a storm of criticism on my head."

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"Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step."

Martin Luther King, Jr., American Leader

Courage, Faith, First

"Live dangerously and you live right."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

Courage, Right

"History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again."

Maya Angelou, American Poet

Courage, History, Pain

"Sometimes, despite how your heart feels, you have to do what you must in order to get the result you need. When it's impossible to walk away then you need to make it hurt and they will walk away for you."

Donna Lynn Hope, Jamaican Author

Courage, Sacrifice, Determination, Strength, Strategy

"What are you going to do? Are you going to live in the dark, locked in here? Afraid to look out, answer the door, leave? Yes, he's out there, and he's clearly not going to leave you alone until one of three things happens: he hurts you and gets arrested, or he makes a mistake and gets arrested, or you stop him."

Rachel Caine, Canadian Actress

Courage, Fear, Survival, Action

"I stare at him. "You can't risk not winning. Not because of me." Sean doesn't lift his eyes from the counter. "We make our move when you make yours. You on the inside, me on the outside. Corr can come from the middle of the pack; he's done it before. It's one side you won't have to worry about." I say, "I will not be your weakness, Sean Kendrick." Now he looks at me. He says, very softly, "It's late for that, Puck."

Maggie Stiefvater, American Author

Courage, Risk, Trust, Strength

"Robb says the man died bravely, but Jon says he was afraid.""What do you think?" his father asked.Bran thought about it. "can a man still be brave if he's afraid?""That is the only time a man can be brave," his father told him."

George R. R. Martin, American Author

Courage, Bravery, Fear, Strength

"If we stop helping people because we're afraid, or ambivalent or whatever, then we lose. Let them do evil. I'll stop them."

Brandon Sanderson, American Author

Courage, Help, Fear, Evil, Choice

"A coward cries during a storm, a man of faith sings through it."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Courage, Coward, Storm, Faith, Strength

"One who is not afraid to die lives, and one who is afraid to live dies."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Courage, Fear, Live, Die, Afraid

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"The battle for the individual rights of women is one of long standing and none of us should countenance anything which undermines it."

Woman

"Someone once asked me what I regarded as the three most important requirements for happiness. My answer was: "A feeling that you have been honest with yourself and those around you a feeling that you have done the best you could both in your personal life and in your work and the ability to love others.""

Happiness

"Pit race against race, religion against religion, prejudice against prejudice. Divide and conquer! We must not let that happen here."

Society

"Do one thing every day that scares you."

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"I am convinced that every effort must be made in childhood to teach the young to use their own minds. For one thing is sure: If they don't make up their minds, someone will do it for them."

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"You can not live at all if you do not learn to adapt yourself to your life as it happens to be."

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"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."

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"Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step."

"Live dangerously and you live right."

"History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again."

"Sometimes, despite how your heart feels, you have to do what you must in order to get the result you need. When it's impossible to walk away then you need to make it hurt and they will walk away for you."

"Robb says the man died bravely, but Jon says he was afraid.""What do you think?" his father asked.Bran thought about it. "can a man still be brave if he's afraid?""That is the only time a man can be brave," his father told him."

"If we stop helping people because we're afraid, or ambivalent or whatever, then we lose. Let them do evil. I'll stop them."

"A coward cries during a storm, a man of faith sings through it."

"One who is not afraid to die lives, and one who is afraid to live dies."

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"The battle for the individual rights of women is one of long standing and none of us should countenance anything which undermines it."

"You always admire what you really don't understand."

"What one has to do usually can be done."

"I'm glad I never feel important it does complicate life."

"Pit race against race, religion against religion, prejudice against prejudice. Divide and conquer! We must not let that happen here."

"Do one thing every day that scares you."

"I am convinced that every effort must be made in childhood to teach the young to use their own minds. For one thing is sure: If they don't make up their minds, someone will do it for them."

"You can not live at all if you do not learn to adapt yourself to your life as it happens to be."

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."