The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.

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Holding a grudge does not hurt the person against whom the grudge is held, it hurts the one who holds it.

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Of all forms of slavery there is none that is so harmful and degrading as that form of slavery which tempts one human being to hate another by reason of his race or color. One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with him.

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The sun himself is weak when he first rises, and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on. ― Charles Dickens

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Success is not measured by the position one has reached in life, rather by the obstacles one overcomes while trying to succeed ― Booker T. Washington

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Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. Mahatma Gandhi

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The strength of a family, like the strength of an army, lies in its loyalty to each other. – Mario Puzo

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It is most heartening to learn that young men and women, in their late teens and twenties, are increasingly attracted to meditative prayer in the Presence of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. May all the faithful find in the Eucharist their source of strength and courage to imitate our Lady, totally open to his will in their daily lives. It is my hope that this devotion to Jesus in the Eucharist will spread to more and more parishes and dioceses across our nation. — John Joseph O'Connor

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I have the people behind me and the people are my strength. - Huey Newton

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To make the moral achievement implicit in science a source of strength to civilization, the scientist will have to have the cooperation also of the philosopher and the religious teacher. — Arthur Compton

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