998 – “We must try not to sink beneath our anguish… but battle on.”

-Albus Dumbledore in J K Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

894 – “It’s very hard to hate from up close.”

-Seth MacFarlane

733 – “You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.”

–anonymous [See Source Notes]

684 – “True courage is in facing danger even when you are afraid.”

–anonymous

597 – “We know the battle ahead will be long, but always remember that no matter what obstacles stand in our way, nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change.”

–Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States of America

498 – “Sport has the power to overcome old divisions and create the bond of common aspirations.”

–Nelson Mandela

403 – “The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.”

-Ayn Rand [Paraphrase, see Source Notes]

350 – “I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight; ‘and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together.’”

–Martin Luther King, Jr.

336 – “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself — nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance. In every dark hour of our national life a leadership of frankness and of vigor has met with that understanding and support of the people themselves which is essential to victory. And I am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days.”

–Franklin D Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States of America

253 – “When you get into a tight place, and everything goes against you till it seems as if you could n’t hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that ‘s just the place and time that the tide ‘ll turn.”

–Mr Avery in Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Oldtown Folks