"There is no shame in confusion or..." - Quote by Barack Obama
There is no shame in confusion or fear. "There was only shame in the silence fear had produced. . . . It was the silence that betrayed us."
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“[Our troops in Iraq and Afganistan] does give us the ability to make sure that we are strengthening those folk who are interested in building up their countries rather than destroying them, and doing so in a way that is sustainable and doesn't put a constant burden on the amazing men and women that we've got in uniform.”
“I think Dona;d Trump is sincere in wanting to be a successful president and moving this country forward and I don't think any president ever comes in saying to himself "I want to figure out how to make people angry or alienate half the country."”
“The worst thing that colonialism did was to cloud our view of our past.”
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“A mother's life, you see, is one long succession of dramas, now soft and tender, now terrible. Not an hour but has its joys and fears.”
“Firstly, do not fear hardship, and secondly, do not fear death.”
“If it ain't broke, don't fix it' is the slogan of the complacent, the arrogant or the scared. It's an excuse for inaction, a call to non-arms.”
More on Shame
“Well, upon my soul! You are not ashamed to stand there and confess yourself a disgusting drunkard.”
“Be gentle and forgiving with yourself, abandon any and all shame, and refuse to engage in any self-repudiation.”
“The shame that arises from praise which we do not deserve often makes us do things we should otherwise never have attempted.”