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On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord.
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I want to fall… forward. At least I figure that way I’ll see what I’m about to hit.
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I’ve found that nothing in life is worthwhile unless you take risks.
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as it must be the supreme purpose of all free men, so it must be the dedication of their leaders, to save humanity from preying upon itself
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I’d subscribe to the belief that we’re all destined to have to do the thing we fear the most anyway.
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the immoderate desire for each, implanting a most immoderate fear of losing them, makes the enjoyment of them weak and wavering, like a flame under the influence of a wind
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Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
Theodore Rooseveltverified·The Strenuous Life, an address before the Hamilton Club, Chicago·April 10, 1899
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The most rational cure after all for the inordinate fear of death is to set a just value on life.
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It is the pang of parting, the unloosing our grasp, the breaking asunder some strong tie, the leaving some cherished purpose unfulfilled, that creates the repugnance to go
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These, then, are my last words to you: Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.