#avery

Stardom can be a gilded slavery. ↗

— Helen Hayes

#slavery #stardom

Knavery seems to be so much a the striking feature of its inhabitants that it may not in the end be an evil that they will become aliens to this kingdom. ↗

— George III

#end #evil #feature #in the end #inhabitants

Our concern, however, is with slavery as it is, and not with any theory of it. ↗

— Gerrit Smith

#concern #however #our #slavery #theory

... Have you considered that maybe this is the birth of a new world, that what happens next is a golden opportunity to change the nature of man in a fundamental way?” “Those are brave words, Tiresias.” “New parents can’t afford to be anything but brave, Eddie. ↗

— Joe McKinney

#survival #zombie-apocalypse #change

Blood is a cleansing and sanctifying thing, and the nation that regards it as the final horror has lost its manhood... there are many things more horrible than bloodshed, and slavery is one of them! ↗

— Padraic Pearse

#bloodshed #cleansing #final #horrible #horror

Courage to me is doing something daring, no matter how afraid, insecure, intimidated, alone, unworthy, incapable, ridiculed or whatever other paralyzingly emotion you might feel. Courage is taking action.....no matter what.  So you're afraid?  Be afraid.  Be scared silly to the point you're trembling and nauseous, but do it anyway! ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#bravery #courage #daring #fear #fearless

The thing about traveling alone, is that you run into your insecurities and fears times ten the normal! You run into all the good things and all the bad things about yourself on a daily basis, and are allowed the opportunity to truly become your own friend. Traveling alone is a learning process; some people travel for leisure, I travel to run into myself! ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#courage #know-thyself #learning #overcoming-fears #self-discovery

When a good man lends himself to the advocacy of slavery, he must, at least for a time, feel himself to be any where but at home, amongst his new thoughts, doctrines, and modes of reasoning. ↗

— Gerrit Smith

#advocacy #amongst #any #doctrines #feel

He lay back, put his arm over his eyes, and tried to hold onto the anger, because the anger made him feel brave. A brave man could think. A coward couldn't. ↗

— Stephen King

#bravery #character #cowards #life-lessons #anger

Bravery is a willing decision to do what must be done. Fear is a cancer that is cured only by doing what must be done, backed by an intelligent, open mind. ↗

— Corey Aaron Burkes

#bravery #cancer #courage #fear #intelligent