Inspiration
FROM THE FAMOUS (AND NOT SO FAMOUS)

Quotes are often compose by those who have already experienced the subject of which many of their writings are based. We hope that these provide daily inspiration for you.

Stand before the people you fear and speak your mind—even if your voice shakes.
Maggie Kuhn

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck.
Frederick Douglass

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
Aristotle

Some things have to be believed to be seen.
Ralph Hodgson

Psychological freedom, a firm sense of self-esteem, is the most powerful weapon against the long night of physical slavery.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Hold yourself responsible to a higher standard than anybody else expects of you; never excuse yourself.
Henry Ward Beecher

You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.
Eric Hoffer

When the doors of opportunity swing open, we must make sure that we are not too drunk or too indifferent to walk through.
Jesse Jackson

You can't hold a man down without staying down with him.
Booker T. Washington

If men and women are in chains, anywhere in the world, then freedom is endangered everywhere.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy

He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.
Chinese Proverb

Everyone and everything around you is your teacher.
Ken Keyes Jr.

I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.
Publilius Syrus

The only disability in life is a bad attitude.
Scott Hamilton

I'm an idealist. I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way.
Carl Sandburg

We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire...Give us the tools and we will finish the job.
Sir Winston Churchill

If you would stand well with a great mind, leave him with a favorable impression of yourself; if with a little mind, leave him with a favorable impression of himself.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.
Napoleon I

We promise according to our hopes, and perform according to our fears.
François, Duc de la Rochefoucauld

Patience will achieve more than force.
Edmund Burke

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