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«Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.»
«Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.»
«Guard against the prestige of great names; see that your judgments are your own; and do not shrink from disagreement; no trusting without testing»
«A dislike of death is no proof of the want of religion. The instincts of nature shrink from it, for no creature can like its own dissolution. But though death is not desired, the result of it may be, for dying to the Christian is the way to life eternal.»
«Keep looking below surface appearances. Don't shrink from doing so just because you might not like what you find.»
«If the abstract rights of man will bear discussion and explanation, those of women, by a parity of reasoning, will not shrink from the same test: though a different opinion prevails in this country.»
«I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. Henceforth will I apply ALL my efforts to become the highest mountain of all and I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy.»
«It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.»
«I think the mistake a lot of us make is thinking the state-appointed shrink is our friend»
«In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility - I welcome it.»

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