Political courage requires clarity. The Obama Administration chose the tortured route of arguing the legality of the individual mandate via the interstate… — Joe Klein Copy Share Image
Of course we also live in a world of great beauty, sacrificial and passionate love, tenderness, prosperity, courage and joy. But quite… — Sara Maitland Copy Share Image
“The greatest weapon anyone can use against us is our own mind. By preying upon the doubts and uncertainities that already lurk… — Emily Thorne Copy Share Image
When the Negro finds the courage to be free, he faces dogs and guns and clubs and fire hoses totally unafraid, and… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The men and women who have the right ideals . . . are those who have the courage to strive for the… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
-In a way, forgiving is only for the brave. It is for those people who are willing to confront their pain, accept… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“O my brave Almighty Human, with the ever-effulgent flow of courage, conscience and compassion, turn yourself into a vivacious humanizer, and start… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Justice is not available to all equally; it is something that many of us must struggle to achieve. As an elected official,… — Hilda Solis Copy Share Image
I do think opportunity breeds bravery. It's such a competitive profession, no one owes you anything, talent in itself is not enough.… — David Oyelowo Copy Share Image
Common experience shows how much rarer is moral courage than physical bravery. A thousand men will march to the mouth of the… — Clarence Darrow Copy Share Image
“One theory on cannibals, of course, is that they eat parts of their slain enemies to benefit from that person's greatest assets… — Julie Powell Copy Share Image
Crowds can be frightening. They have a way of impressing the low, base taste upon their members. Watching the way thousands of… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war. The very prevention of war requires more faith, courage and resolution than are needed… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“Tomorrow, he told himself. Tomorrow he would face Weep, and his duty, and the nightmares that stalked him. Somehow, he would find… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
But the main point is that soldiers, after fighting for some time, are apt to be like burned-out cinders. They have shot… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
“I had believed there was no such thing as redemption. I knew now I was wrong. Redemption had not come from grand… — Brodi Ashton Copy Share Image
I get my strength from Christ. I WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING AND COULD DO ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WITHOUT HIM. He is my rock,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Turn off your radio. Put away your daily paper. Read one review of events a week and spend some time reading good… — Dorothy Day Copy Share Image
“Holding someone's hand was always my idea of joy. Often before falling asleep - in that small struggle not to lose consciousness… — Clarice Lispector Copy Share Image
“Yes," said Sky, "even now, after all these years of learning, I am most likely wrong about many things.121" "That's what sets… — Jack Pelham Copy Share Image
Allen Ginsberg once said, Follow your inner moonlight; dont hide the madness. In other words, in this crazy world thats trying to… — Melchor Lim Copy Share Image
“Staying silent is like a slow growing cancer to the soul and a trait of a true coward. There is nothing intelligent… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“You mean to frighten me, Mr Darcy, by coming in all this state to hear me? But I will not be alarmed… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
It takes a fearless, unflinching love and deep humility to accept the universe as it is. The most effective way he knew… — Ann Druyan Copy Share Image
The intellectual power, honesty, lucidity, courage, and disinterested love of the truth of the most gifted thinkers of the eighteenth century remain… — Isaiah Berlin Copy Share Image
“You have been so sheltered, Deeta - more even than your sisters. You know nothing of life or of people, in truth… — D.D. Chant Copy Share Image
It’s a New Year and with it comes a fresh opportunity to shape our world. So this is my wish, a wish… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Sleep sweetly in your humble graves,Sleep, martyrs of a fallen cause;Though yet no marble column cravesThe pilgrim here to pause.Stoop, angels, hither… — Henry Timrod Copy Share Image
Mrs. Darling: There are many different kinds of bravery. There's the bravery of thinking of others before one's self. Now, your father… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Years ago I asked my friend, the great actress Ruth Gordon, to articulate in a few words the secret to her indomitable,… — Gloria Vanderbilt Copy Share Image
“I don't always knew where this life is going. I can't see the end of the road, but here is the great… — Katie J. Davis Copy Share Image
In each experience of my life, I have had to step out of one little space of the known light, into a… — Mary McLeod Bethune Copy Share Image
“Why did she do it? Nobody dared to ask. Because - what courage! Who had the courage to burn herself? Twenty aspirin,… — Susanna Kaysen Copy Share Image
“When we’re in nature, we move toward what elicits our best qualities. When we need a boost of confidence, joy, courage, or… — Katie Hess Copy Share Image
Our society is so caught up in winning, we forget that most of the great men and women in history have, at… — Carleton Young Copy Share Image
“It broke her heart that they had come to this: if one knew the future, all the unexpected glimpses of the beloved,… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
“Oh, say, how call ye this, To face, and smile, the comrade whom his kiss Betrayed? Scorn? Insult? Courage? None of these:… — Euripides Copy Share Image
“As he turned her face to study her, he said, “You have more courage than you have strength, Yellow Hair. It is… — Catherine Anderson Copy Share Image
Facing personal truths and purging yourself of addictions or manipulative habits require strength, courage, humility, faith, and other qualities of a soul… — Caroline Myss Copy Share Image
I don't - you know, I'm very disillusioned with our political system. If we don't wake up in America and realize that… — Cindy Sheehan Copy Share Image
