Some words of wisdom from those we respect and admire.
BERNADETTE DEVLIN:
Yesterday I dared to struggle. Today I dare to win.
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT:
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE:
All serious daring starts from within.
HELEN KELLER:
I long to accomplish a great and noble tasks, but it is my chief duty to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble. The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker.
ARISTOTLE:
Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts.
JAMES FREEMAN CLARKE:
Conscience is the root of all true courage; if a man would be brave let him obey his conscience.
KESHAVAN NAIR:
With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity.
MARGARET CHASE SMITH:
Moral cowardice that keeps us from speaking our minds is as dangerous to this country as irresponsible talk. The right way is not always the popular and easy way. Standing for right when it is unpopular is a true test of moral character.
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.:
If you lose hope, somehow you lose the vitality that keeps life moving, you lose that courage to be, that quality that helps you go on in spite of it all. And so today I still have a dream.
MAYA ANGELOU :
One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.
RALPH W. SOCKMAN:
The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON:
When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers.
ROBERT FROST:
The best way out is always through.
THEODORE H. WHITE:
To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform.
WINSTON CHURCHILL:
Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.
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It took courage for many who voted in the recent presidential election. For many it was an act of bravery to stand up for what they believe. If every person who voted could have the courage to speak up against discrimination and hatred what a beautiful world it would be.
TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE - LET'S GET STARTED!
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