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“When you are the central character in a seemingly boiling pit of “busy-ness” the time will come when the pace of decline cannot be countered. You build yourself the circumstances of ultimate failur...”
“Being meek does not make you weak. You’re not someone who sways with changing circumstances. You don’t allow yourself to be used. You’re not passive or spineless. Your faith is in the Almighty, so ...”
“Only a bet on the impossible makes sense. It is an act of faith and courage requiring an irrational leap over reason. A man wins simply by making such a bet.”
“Don’t let anyone tell you what you can and can’t do or achieve. Do what you want to do and be who you want to be. Just encourage and include each other, don’t ostracize the gender in front of you.”
“You go on with your life, because life goes on,” says Isabel. “You see this in anyone who has survived a traumatic situation. My own daughter died, for example.” Her only daughter, Paula Frias, die...”
“The French have a term for this brazenness: je m’en foutisme, the brave art of not giving a damn.”
“I’ve come to understand that each person has to work out their own personal algorithm of courage. No two are the same, and it’s no used trying to borrow or copy anyone else’s.”
“Yeah, I'm a drug addict. And a prostitute. The whole world knows. Not because I robbed my own family. Not because I ended up behind bars. Not because I've been hassled by the cops when soliciting c...”
“Stand out. Dare to deliver what’s in your heart.”
“I strike spurs into my horse. Against you I will fling myself, unvanquished and unyielding, O Death!”
“You got to face your evil, Hoodoo," Zeke said. "If people don't face the danger that's seeking them, evil will find them first.”
“Don’t desire kindness but desire courage so that you may persist on the right path.”
“The lovelorn, the cry-for-helpers, all mawkish tragedians who give suicide a bad name are the idiots who rush it, like amateur conductors. .A true suicide is a paced, disciplined certainty. People ...”
“In a certain sense it might well be said that his was an exemplary life. He was one of those rare people, rare in our town as elsewhere, who have the courage of their good feelings. What little he ...”
“Truth stands out little in a field of truths. However, it is a ravaging lion, in a field of lies.”
“Promise me you won’t sacrifice your happiness for something so cheap as acceptance. Find your courage.”
“I want people to know that I am a real person who exists in a real world. I am not a raped girl or victim. I had a life before that evening and I will continue to have a life. What happened with me...”
“Without an anchor, we can be drifted to any shore. May you find hope as anchor.”
“People think rape victims forget how to laugh. I have not forgotten how to laugh. It is beyond the capability of this person to make me forget how to laugh.~ Subhangi Tyagi”
“In life you’ll face difficulties that postpone some of your dreams. Regardless, life goes fast by reminding us youth is finite and old age is stable. So you mustn’t stop dreaming and running while ...”
