“ One isn’t necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest. ”
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“ We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty. ”
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“ Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option. ”
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“ I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. ”
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“ Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness. ”
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“ A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song. ”
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“ There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. ”
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“ The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission. ”
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“ Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends. ”
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“ My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors. ”
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“ Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can’t practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage. ”
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“ The sadness of the women’s movement is that they don’t allow the necessity of love. See, I don’t personally trust any revolution where love is not allowed. ”
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“ If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude ”
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“ We allow our ignorance to prevail upon us and make us think we can survive alone, alone in patches, alone in groups, alone in races, even alone in genders. ”
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“ If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be. ”
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“ There is no strength without adversity and no change without courage. ”
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“ Hoping for the best, prepared for the worst, and unsurprised by anything in between. ”
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“ You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. ”
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“ If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded. ”
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“ My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style. ”
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“ Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently. ”
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“ Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. ”
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“ Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art. ”
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“ When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. ”
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“ There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. ”
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