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“Words can cause real harm and interfere with a person's education. Campuses have a duty to act-- sometimes legally, always morally-- to protect their students from injury.”
― Erwin Chemerinsky, Free Speech on Campus

“Campuses can never punish or censor the expression of ideas, however offensive, because otherwise they cannot perform their function of promoting inquiry, discovery, and the dissemination of new knowledge.”
― Erwin Chemerinsky, Free Speech on Campus

“Freedom of speech is essential to freedom of thought; it is essential to democratic self-governance; and the alternative-- government censorship and control of ideas-- has always led to disaster.”
― Erwin Chemerinsky, Free Speech on Campus

“Your life has an unknown expiration date. Your efforts and contributions to others do not. The time, energy, and resources you invest in people you care for and your community keep growing forever.”
― Tom Rath, It's Not About You: A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life

“When you move past self, life is simpler and less stressful.”
― Tom Rath, It's Not About You: A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life

“In my own experience, orienting my efforts to where I could make the greatest contributions, both during and beyond my lifetime, helped me to push through major challenges and made life far more meaningful.”
― Tom Rath, It's Not About You: A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life

“Life is about what you put back into the world, not what you take out of it.”
― Tom Rath, It's Not About You: A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life

“Let go of what's beyond your control.”
― Tom Rath , It's Not About You: A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life

“Time is more valuable when you can see your mortality on the horizon.”
― Tom Rath, It's Not About You: A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life

“When you consider how short life can be, you create more meaning in the world.”
― Tom Rath, It's Not About You: A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life

“Look through the lens of what will outlive you, and you’ll quickly see past self.”
― Tom Rath, It's Not About You: A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life

“Life is a struggle and the potential for failure is ever present, but those who live in fear of failure, or hardship, or embarrassment will never achieve their potential. Without pushing your limits, without occasionally sliding down the rope headfirst, without daring greatly, you will never know what is truly possible in your life.”
― William H. McRaven, Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World

“The common people and the great men and women are all defined by how they deal with life’s unfairness: Helen Keller, Nelson Mandela, Stephen Hawking, Malala Yousafzai, and—Moki Martin. Sometimes no matter how hard you try, no matter how good you are, you still end up as a sugar cookie. Don’t complain. Don’t blame it on your misfortune. Stand tall, look to the future, and drive on!”
― William H. McRaven, Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World

“I realized that the past failures had strengthened me, taught me that no one is immune from mistakes. True leaders must learn from their failures, use the lessons to motivate themselves, and not be afraid to try again or make the next tough decision.”
― William H. McRaven, Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World

“You can’t ever reach perfection, but you can believe in an asymptote toward which you are ceaselessly striving.”
― Paul Kalanithi, When Breath Becomes Air

“Many boys will bring you flowers. But someday you'll meet a boy who will learn your favorite flower, your favorite song, your favorite sweet. And even if he is too poor to give you any of them, it won't matter because he will have taken the time to know you as no one else does. Only that boy earns your heart.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“The heart is an arrow. It demands aim to land true.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“She felt slightly guilty for eavesdropping on Kaz, but he was the one who had turned her into a spy. You couldn’t train a falcon, then expect it not to hunt.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“Men mock the gods until they need them, Kaz.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“Trickery is not my native tongue, but I may learn to speak it yet.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“We have spawned ‘leadership’ that does not lead, that panders to our whims rather than telling us the
truth, that follows the crowd rather than challenging us, that weakens us
rather than strengthening us,” he wrote. “It is easy to go downhill, and we
are now following that easy path. Pandering is not illegal, but it is immoral.
It is doing the convenient when the right course demands inconvenience and
courage.”
― John Shaw, Restoring American Statesmanship: A Citizen's Guide

“Compassion
is not just an emotion; it is a feeling that triggers a response. Compassion
marries empathy and action. It also requires respect for those who will come
after us—a commitment to stewardship.”
― John Shaw, Restoring American Statesmanship: A Citizen's Guide

“Successful leaders need more than good intentions; they need to transform hopes
and plans into results. Noble failure may be poetic but it is also unsatisfying.”
― John Shaw, Restoring American Statesmanship: A Citizen's Guide

“People believe what they want to believe.”
― Lindsey Duga, Roaring

“It was then I knew that he was a story I desperately wanted to finish.”
― Lindsey Duga, Roaring

“The law didn’t seem to exist for the ones that enforced it.”
― Lindsey Duga, Roaring

“It was human nature to avoid trouble, and I was certainly a whole mess of it.”
― Lindsey Duga, Roaring

“If you have a voice, you should be able to use it. No one should take that from you.”
― Lindsey Duga, Roaring

“No monster is innocent. We’re all condemned to dance with the devil.”
― Lindsey Duga, Roaring

“Sin replacing virtue. Lust replacing chastity. And if this made us sinners, I wouldn’t walk through the gates of hell-- I’d run through them.”
― Lindsey Duga, Roaring