“There's never been a lack of men willing to die bravely. The trouble is to find a few able to live sensibly.” MenAbleDiesPeaceTroubleWillingWilling To Die Author:Winifred Holtby
“The best you can do for anyone is to thrive fully and be willing to explain to anyone who asks how it is that you are thriving, and what it is that you've discovered - and then, just relax and trust that all truly is well.” WellsAsksPeaceCan DoTrustWillingRelaxThrivePeace Of Mind Author:Esther Hicks
“If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?” PeopleIfsHumansHeartWisdomEvilFunPeaceLinesHuman BeingsSimplePiecesCuttingHumilityWillingDeedsGood And EvilDividingEvil PeopleNecessary EvilGulags Author:Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
“Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform. Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or nothing in the world's estimation, and publicly and privately, in season and out, avow their sympathy with despised and persecuted ideas and their advocates, and bear the consequences.” PeopleWorldIdeasSocialPeaceWomenCourageWillingBearsIntegrityConsequenceStandingSeasonsCarefulReputationReformPreservesWomens RightsEarnestCastingCautiousDespisedPersecutedSuffrageEstimationBe CautiousWoman SuffrageCarefulnessWomen's Suffrage Book:Failure Is Impossible: Susan B. Anthony in Her Own Words Source: Failure Is Impossible: Susan B. Anthony in Her Own Words
“Sometime in your life, hope that you might see one starved man, the look on his face when the bread finally arrives. Hope that you might have baked it or bought or even kneaded it yourself. For that look on his face, for your meeting his eyes across a piece of bread, you might be willing to lose a lot, or suffer a lot, or die a little, even.” MenLooksLittlesHelpingMightEyeFacesSufferingDiesCulturePeaceLosesPiecesWillingDiversitySocial JusticeMeetingsBreadHis EyesMaking A DifferencePeace And Justice Author:Daniel Berrigan
“Genuine politics -- even politics worthy of the name -- the only politics I am willing to devote myself to -- is simply a matter of serving those around us: serving the community and serving those who will come after us. Its deepest roots are moral because it is a responsibility expressed through action, to and for the whole.” MatterWholeActionNamesPeaceCommunityResponsibilityMoralWillingMoralityRootsWorthyGenuineServingServing OthersMoral DutyRights And ResponsibilitiesServing The Community Author:Vaclav Havel