Quotes by some folks worth quoting...
“A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true.”
— Dr Martin Luther King Jr
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Caring about the happiness of others, we find our own.”
— Plato
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.”
— George Bernard Shaw
“The true measure of a man is not how he behaves in moments of comfort and convenience but how he stands at times of controversy and challenges.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.
“L'uomo non è fatto per la sconfitta, ha detto. Un uomo può essere distrutto, ma non può essere sconfitto." = "But man is not made for defeat", he said. "A man can be destroyed but not defeated."
— Ernest Hemingway
"Insecure people (including those with wealth and power) try to make you feel smaller. Confident people love to see you walk taller."
— Unknown
And mob justice is not, in fact, justice due to the inherent unfairness. [The] “accusers” are also the judges, the juries, the executioners: there is no one “above” the group. We must remember that… we’re still dealing with people, who have friends, family and loved ones.
– Tauriq Moosa
"Cyberbullying campaigns usually don't follow a fair trial, and passions hinder a rational judgment of the wrongdoing and bring disproportionate consequences. Many compare online shaming to a lynch mob."
― Netivist.org
“You build on failure. You use (the past) as a stepping stone. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space."
― Johnny Cash
"Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm."
― Winston Churchill
"Cyber bullies’ cowardly and destructive actions are often more about their own problems [and insecurities] than they are about [their target]; And in their attempt to get [others] down, they are showing themselves to be on a level of cowardly bitterness."
— Watch Your Space, The Irish Department of Education and Skills
“Strong people define themselves, weak people allow others to define them.”
― Ken Poirot
“Nothing should be done for spite's sake”
― Winston Churchill
“It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion, it is easy in solitude to live after your own; but the great man is he who, in the midst of the crowd, keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Self Reliance"