People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude.

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We know the road to freedom has always been stalked by death. — Angela Davis

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Freedom, by definition, is people realizing that they are their own leaders. — Diane Nash

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Growth inside fuels growth outside.

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Good leadership requires you to surround yourself with people of diverse perspectives who can disagree with you without fear of retaliation. – Doris Kearns Goodwin

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You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time. — Angela Davis

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Optimism is a strategy for making a better future. Because unless you believe that the future can be better, it’s unlikely you will step up and take responsibility for making it so. If you assume that there’s no hope, you guarantee that there will be no hope. If you assume that there is an instinct for freedom, there are opportunities to change things, there’s a chance you may contribute to making a better world. The choice is yours.

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What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.

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I think that many people have forgotten that, if knowledge is to have any meaning, if it is to be useful, it should have an impact in the world. — Angela Davis

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There's a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success.

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