Each person must live their life as a model for others.
Rosa ParksRead
Stand for something or you will fall for anything. Today's mighty oak is yesterday's nut that held its ground.
Interpretation
Stand firm in your beliefs to avoid being swayed by others.
This quote emphasizes the importance of having strong convictions and principles. It suggests that without a clear stand on what one believes in, a person is easily influenced and will adhere to any passing idea or trend, highlighting the value of resilience and determinism in maintaining one's integrity and purpose.
In practice
In a motivational speech about resilience during a community meeting.
Each person must live their life as a model for others.
Let us look at Jim Crow for the criminal he is and what he has done to one life multiplied millions of times over these United States and the world. He walks us on a tightrope from birth.
All I was trying to do was get home from work.
It was not pre-arranged. It just happened that the driver made a demand and I just didn't feel like obeying his demand. I was quite tired after spending a full day working.
I believe we are here on the planet Earth to live, grow up and do what we can to make this world a better place for all people to enjoy freedom.
When people made up their minds that they wanted to be free and took action, then there was a change.
I don't think that every single case of sexual harassment has to result in someone being fired; the consequences should vary. But we need a shift in culture so that every single instance of sexual harassment is investigated and dealt with. That's just basic common sense.
I'm standing on a field full of landmines doing the moonwalk hoping i blow up in time
I'm not afraid to compete. It's just the opposite. Don't you see that? I'm afraid I will compete β that's what scares me. That's why I quit the Theatre Department. Just because I'm so horribly conditioned to accept everybody else's values, and just because I like applause and people to rave about me, doesn't make it right. I'm ashamed of it. I'm sick of it. I'm sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody. I'm sick of myself and everybody else that wants to make some kind of a splash.
With the inevitability of a tongue returning to probe a painful tooth, we come back and back and back again to our fears, sitting to talk them over with the eagerness of a hungry man before a full and steaming plate.
One must make the warrior walk his everyday walk.
I'm not scared of many things in front of the camera. Everywhere else, yes, I'm terrified. But acting is just pretending, and you are exploring feelings in a safe environment.
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