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American scholar Brené Brown quotes the excerpt in the Netflix special The Call to Courage; she also used a somewhat abbreviated version of the quote in her March 2012 TED talk "Listening to Shame," and subsequently as the inspiration for the title of her book, Daring Greatly (2012). [3] [6]
Famous Inspirational Quotes “When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.” — Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist "Your talent is God's gift to you.
Toward a more perfect union is a phrase used in American political discourse. It is a slight rephrasing of the second clause of the Preamble to the United States Constitution, "in order to form a more perfect union."
"Might makes right" or "might is right" is an aphorism that asserts that those who hold power are the origin of morality, and they control a society's view of right and wrong.
Family quotes from famous people. 11. “In America, there are two classes of travel—first class and with children.” —Robert Benchley (July 1934) 12. “There is no such thing as fun for the ...
Abraham Lincoln delivered his second inaugural address on Saturday, March 4, 1865, during his second inauguration as President of the United States.At a time when victory over secessionists in the American Civil War was within days and slavery in all of the U.S. was near an end, Lincoln did not speak of happiness, but of sadness.
For much of this poem's history, readers viewed Ulysses as resolute and heroic, admiring him for his determination "To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield". [1] The view that Tennyson intended a heroic character is supported by his statements about the poem, and by the events in his life—the death of his closest friend—that prompted ...
Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information war poster (1941–1945). "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness" is a well-known phrase from the United States Declaration of Independence. [1]