Be brave and take risks… You don't have to have it all figured out to move forward.

As Martin Luther King Jr. once said, "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

You can't make a difference without making waves, and some people in the boat won't like it. So be it. Rock the boat anyway.

There is an old adage: ready, set, go. And I know it's predicated on the importance of preparation. But I think it's backward. You'll never be ready. You'll never be set. Sometimes you just need to go for it. The sequence of faith is this: Go. Set. Ready.

as the king rose from his seat, Ehud reached with his left hand, drew the sword from his right thigh and plunged it into the king's belly. Even the handle sank in after the blade, and his bowels discharged. Ehud did not pull the sword out, and the fat closed in over it. (That's in the Bible. Word for word.)

There comes a time when silence is betrayal.

It took guts to ignore public opinion and do what you thought was right.

The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps — we must step up the stairs.

Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain.

Never, never be afraid to do what is right. Society's punishments are small compare to the wounds we inflict on our souls when we look away

We will have to depend in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people

Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes