“The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie. "One word of truth outweighs the world.”
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Martin Luther King
11 quotes“There is nothing more majestic than the determined courage of individuals willing to suffer and sacrifice for their free...”
Sir Winston Churchill
9 quotes“Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without vicory...”
Erica Jong
8 quotes“I have accepted fear as part of life – specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the...”
Veronica Roth
7 quotes“I am proud. It will get me into trouble someday, but today it makes me brave”
Plautus
7 quotes“Courage in danger is half the battle.”
Seneca
6 quotes“Brave men rejoice in adversity just as brave soldiers triumph in war.”
Audre Lorde
6 quotes“When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whet...”
Cervantes
6 quotes“The brave man carves out his fortune, and every man is the sum of his own works.”
Brené Brown
6 quotes“Vulnerability is not knowing victory or defeat, it’s understanding the necessity of both; it’s engaging. It’s being all...”
Robert Louis Stevenson
6 quotes“To be feared of a thing and yet to do it, is what makes the prettiest kind of a man.”
Napoleon
6 quotes“With audacity one can undertake anything.”
Henrik Ibsen
5 quotes“You see, the point is that the strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.”