People are needed to take up the challenge, strong people, who proclaim the truth, throw it in people's faces, and do what they can with their own two hands.
Interpretation
Strong individuals are essential for addressing challenges and speaking out truthfully.
This quote emphasizes the need for courageous individuals who are willing to confront challenges head-on, speak the truth boldly, and take action with their own efforts. Abbe Pierre highlights the importance of personal responsibility and bravery in making a positive impact in society.
In practice
In a speech about social activism, one might say, 'As Abbe Pierre reminds us, we need strong people to take up the challenge and advocate for change.'
What I would say to the young men and women who are beset by hopelessness and doubt is that they should go and see what is being done on the ground to fight poverty, not like going to the zoo but to take action, to open their hearts and their consciences.
You cannot rely on other people's support.
When I rest I feel utterly lifeless except that my throat burns when I draw breath... I can scarcely go on. No despair, no happiness, no anxiety. I have not lost the mastery of my feelings, there are actually no more feelings. I consist only of will. After each few metres this too fizzles out in unending tiredness. Then I think nothing. I let myself fall, just lie there. For an indefinite time I remain completely irresolute. Then I make a few steps again.
We have not journeyed all this way because we are made of sugar candy.
Violence will prevail over violence, only when someone can prove to me that darkness can be dispelled by darkness
When I use my strength in the service of my vision it makes no difference whether or not I am afraid.
I'm like thousands of women in South Africa who lost their men to cities and prisons... I stand defiant, tall and strong.
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