War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each others children. - Jimmy Carter True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others, at whatever cost.—Arthur Ashe (1943–1993), African American World No. 1 professional tennis player and winner of three Grand Slam titles In many shamanic societies, if you came to a medicine person complaining of being disheartened, dispirited, or depressed, they would ask one of four questions: When did you stop dancing? When did you stop singing? When did you stop being enchanted by stories? When did you stop being comforted by the sweet territory of silence? Gabrielle Roth You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life and death to you.- C.S. Lewis Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.-Theodore Roosevelt “Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It’s quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure. You are thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn’t at all. You can be discouraged by failure or you can learn from it, So go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because remember that’s where you will find success.”—Thomas J. Watson “Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity, or registering wrongs.”—Charlotte Bronte I dont want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well. ~Diane Ackerman My own heroes are the dreamers, those men and women who tried to make the world a better place than when they found it, whether in small ways or great ones. Some succeeded, some failed, most had mixed results … but it is the effort that’s heroic, as I see it. Win or lose, I admire those who fight the good fight. —George R. R. Martin (b. 1948), American author of the A Song of Fire and Ice series of epic fantasy novels True greatness, true leadership, is achieved not by reducing men to one’s service, but by giving oneself in selfless service to them. —Author unknown Invisible heroes may never make it into our school textbooks, garner their own Wikipedia entries, or have their own YouTube video that goes viral. But they are all indispensable members of our society. These hidden heroes are also our most essential heroes. —Scott T. Allison
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