Karen

“Courage, I realised, was not the absence of fear: it was the absence of selfishness; putting someone else's interest before one's own.”
― Michelle Cohen Corasanti, The Almond Tree

“Today, not starting is far, far worse than being wrong. If you start, you've got a shot at evolving and adjusting to turn your wrong into a right. But if you don't start, you never get a chance.”
― Seth Godin, Poke the Box

“To stand by yourself -- that was also part of dignity. That way, a person could get through a public flaying with dignity. Galileo. Luther. Even somebody who admitted his guilt and resisted the temptation to deny it. Something politicians couldn't do. Honesty, the courage for honesty. With others and yourself.”
― Pascal Mercier, Night Train to Lisbon

“Love me when I least deserve it, because that's when I really need it.”
― Swedish Proverb