Short Inspirations

During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.
     – George Orwell

Tolerance and patience should not be read as signs of weakness.  They are signs of strength.  
     – The Dalai Lama

You've always had the power, my dear; you just had to learn it for yourself.
     – The Wizard of Oz

You can't be what you can't see.
     – Marian Wright Edelman

My heart is moved by all I cannot save: so much has been destroyed.  I have to cast my lot with those who age after age, perversely, with no extraordinary power, reconstitute the world.
     – Adrienne Rich

If you've wondered what you would've done during slavery, the Holocaust, or Civil Rights movement... you're doing it now.
     – Aditi Juneja (Twitter post)

In daylight, one candle is insignificant. In deepest darkness, one candle is radiant.

I am only one, but still I am one.
I cannot do everything, but still I can do something;
And because I cannot do everything
I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.
     – Helen Keller

I have decided to stick with love.  Hate is too great a burden to bear.
     – Martin Luther King

Be a bush if you can't be a tree. If you can't be a highway, just be a trail. If you can't be a sun, be a star. For it isn't by size that you win or fail. Be the best of whatever you are. 
     –Martin Luther King,  from a speech before a group of students at Barratt Junior High School in Philadelphia, October 26, 1967

Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again. 
– Nelson Mandela

Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.
     –Marilyn vos Savant