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Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

— JF Kennedy, Former US President

You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do.

— Eleanor Roosevelt, American Politician

Whether our task is fighting poverty, stemming the spread of disease or saving innocent lives from mass murder, we have seen that we cannot succeed without the leadership of the strong and engagement of all.

— Kofi Annan,Former Secretary-General of the United Nations

I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

— Maya Angelou, American Poet

Fools multiply when wise men are silent.

— Nelson Mandela, Former South African President

I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples.

— Mother Teresa, Roman Catholic missionary

A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.

— Winston Churchill, Former UK Prime Minister

It is the responsibility of intellectuals to speak the truth and expose lies.

— Noam Chomsky, American Linguist

It always seems impossible until it’s done.

— Nelson Mandela, Former South African President

I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse.

— Florence Nightingale, English Social Reformer
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