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No man is defeated without

No man is defeated without until he is defeated within.
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You gain strength, courage, and

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience by which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, "I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.
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Friendship with oneself is all

Friendship with oneself is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.
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We gain strength, and courage,

We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot.
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Do one thing every day

Do one thing every day that scares you.
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Where, after all, do universal

Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home—so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any map of the world. Yet they are the world of the individual person: The neighbourhood he lives in; the school or college he attends; the factory, farm or office where he works. Such are the places where every man, woman and child seeks equal justice, equal opportunity, equal dignity without discrimination. Unless these rights have meaning there, they have little meaning anywhere. Without concerted citizen action to uphold them close to home, we shall look in vain for progress in the larger world.
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It is not fair to

It is not fair to ask of others what you are unwilling to do yourself.
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It takes as much energy

It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.
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I believe that anyone can

I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do, provided he keeps doing them until he gets a record of successful experience behind him.
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It isn't enough to talk

It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.
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