As Charles Stewart Parnell called out during the Irish rent strike campaign in 1879 and 1880:It is no use relying on the Government . You must only rely upon your own determination . Help yourselves by standing together . strengthen those amongst yourselves who are weak . . , band yourselves together, organize yourselves . and you must win . When you have made this question ripe for settlement, then and not till then will it be settled. . Gene Sharp
Don't JustDon't just learn, experience. Don't just read, absorb. Don't just change, transform. Don't just relate, advocate. Don't just promise, prove. Don't just criticize, encourage. Don't just think, ponder. Don't just take, give. Don't just see, feel. Don’t just dream, do. Don't just hear, listen....
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Roy T. Bennett
Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully.
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Richard Bach
Be an Encourager: When you encourage others, you boost their self-esteem, enhance their self-confidence, make them work harder, lift their spirits and make them successful in their endeavors. Encouragement goes straight to the heart and is always available. Be an encourager. Always.
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Roy T. Bennett
One word of encouragement can be enough to spark someone’s motivation to continue with a difficult challenge.
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Roy T. Bennett
Come friends, it's not too late to seek a newer world.
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Alfred Tennyson
More Quotes By Gene Sharp
The degree of liberty or tyranny in any government is in large degree a reflection of the relative determination of the subjects to be free and their willingness and ability to resist efforts to enslave them.
As Charles Stewart Parnell called out during the Irish rent strike campaign in 1879 and 1880:It is no use relying on the Government . You must only rely upon your own determination . <span style="margin:15px; display:block"></span>Help yourselves by standing together . strengthen those amongst yourselves...
The fall of one regime does not bring in a utopia. Rather, it opens the way for hard work and long efforts to build more just social, economic, and political relationships and the eradication of other forms of injustices and oppression.
