Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform. Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or nothing in the world's estimation, and publicly and privately, in season and out, avow their sympathy with despised and persecuted ideas and their advocates, and bear the consequences.

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To create one’s own world takes courage. – Georgia O’Keeffe

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Life shrinks or expands in proportion with one’s courage. — Anaïs Nin

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It's easy to fall in love. The hard part is finding someone to catch you. ― Bertrand Russell

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Courage is more exhilarating than fear and in the long run it is easier. We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just one step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it is not as dreadful as it appeared, discovering we have the strength to stare it down. – Eleanor Roosevelt

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To sense the peace of extinguished passion happiness in not knowing the ultimate knowledge. ― Dejan Stojanovic

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The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any. — Alice Walker

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You’ve gotta dance like there’s nobody watching, love like you’ll never be hurt, sing like there’s nobody listening, and live like it’s heaven on earth. — William W. Purkey

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We need to accept that we won’t always make the right decisions, that we’ll screw up royally sometimes―understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it’s part of success.” ― Arianna Huffington

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Life is a paradise for those who love many things with a passion.

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