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Sam Liebeskind • 6 cards
If we want greater civility in our public life, then we also need to redouble our efforts to secure basic freedoms for everyone, and to transform our democratic structures.
Daniel Chandler • Free and Equal: A Manifesto for a Just Society
"One of the greatest gifts anybody can give is the inspiration to develop courage. If people feel comfortable enough to develop some courage, then they can do anything they really want to do—why, they can devise their own lives.” —Maya Angelou
Kai Elmer Sotto • Get Together: How to build a community with your people
“This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.
I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community, and as long as I ... See more
I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community, and as long as I ... See more
Winston Churchill (1874–1965):
Margaret Lobenstine • The Renaissance Soul: How to Make Your Passions Your Life—A Creative and Practical Guide
a person “may remain brave, dignified and unselfish, or in the bitter fight for self-preservation he may forget his human dignity and become no more than an animal.”
Viktor E Frankl • Man's Search For Meaning: The classic tribute to hope from the Holocaust
when we forfeit our right to choose, someone else will choose for us.
Greg Mckeown • Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort w... See more
A quote by Theodore Roosevelt
When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.—Eleanor Roosevelt