Sentences with phrase «of courageous people»

For 2014, the five candidates were three powerful men — Russian President Vladmir Putin; Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani; and Chinese entrepreneur and founder of Alibaba Jack Ma — and two groups of courageous people armed with conviction who have dominated the news as the year draws to a close — the Ebola Fighters and the Ferguson Protesters.

I think the CSCU is a group of courageous people, for whom I have deep regard and respect.

You have probably heard of the courageous people risking their own lives to save abandoned animals following the devastation of Hurricane Harvey in Texas.

Opening February 7th, George Clooney's exciting action drama The Monuments Men features an impressive ensemble cast that brings to life the untold but true story of courageous people who risked everything to rescue the world's artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves.

They don't speak to the best of our character; neither do they express the cherished ideal embodied in the history of a courageous people, namely, the love of freedom.

Read any of the accounts of pioneers, such as the fascinating Canadian explorer, David Thompson, and you will read the story of courageous people who experienced loneliness.

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In 2014 I interviewed Bill Treasurer, author of Courage Goes to Work, about how to hire courageous people, and he suggested asking a job candidate, «Describe a time when you had to disagree with someone in authority and stand your ground.

Catalysed by courageous first person accounts of sexual harassment and assault, Harvey Weinstein — one of the biggest executives in filmmaking — was forced from his place of power in Hollywood while a wave of empathy and solidarity with those who spoke out swept across social media via the #MeToo campaign.

why do people speak of the egyptian army as powerful?what war have they won?in 1967 they ran with their tails between their legs in front of a very tiny nation.you can have the hardware but if you are not courageous enough during war, then you are worst than a coward

Populorum Progressio, the pope notes, «repeatedly underlines the urgent need for reform, and in the face of great problems of injustice in the development of peoples, it calls for courageous action to be taken without delay.»

It is an amazing collective of highly inquisitive, courageous and fun people exploring ways to live well, post-church.

In light of that, those who've come here to sort it out with Julie (or who have done so privately) are properly understood as courageous and honorable people.

The opposition was both courageous and realistic, knowing that the possible change was limited as long as the Soviet empire existed, and thereby created a Poland wherein «people could feel freer and the specter of Soviet intervention [be] avoided.»

So the courageous pro-choice position must be that whether a fetus is a legal person must not depend on the mystical, idiosyncratic determination of the mother that her embryo is or isn't a person to her.

We, of all people, should be the most courageous.

The Catholic Church in Ireland has responded to the announcement of a new referendum on abortion rights by urging people to be «courageous» and take a «principled» stand for the sanctity of life.

Courageous people are governed by principles of ethics and a moral framework.

First, I am encouraged by emails and comments like this because it shows that many people are taking the courageous step of following Jesus wherever He leads.

And even though I continued to search for a more traditionally orthodox basis for my political commitments, I drew much inspiration and solace from the witness of Christian people of more liberal theological convictions who modeled for me a courageous commitment to the biblical vision of justice and peace.

On a sleepy Sunday morning, with a listless service and an apathetic sermon, one too easily may forget that the driving power of Christianity has lain in the courageous and combative Personality who founded it, the adventurous faith which has sustained it, and the brave people who have been its glory.

Ever since then, I've been trying to blaze my own trail, trying to discover how to pastor a community of people that is authentic, courageous, genuine, real, and not afraid of direct experience.

Lessons will also be drawn from the courageous example of the Salvadoran people as they work to challenge the old order and replace it with a system more responsive to human needs.

If not for the actions of resourceful and courageous non-believing people, we'd still be in those dark ages.

It's okay for people to send terribly racist jokes in the name of humour, but it's apparently courageous to send a message of inclusion, empathy or compassion.

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As for anonymity, I am glad this courageous individual, who volunteered to serve his / her country during a time of war, be protected from the virulent and irrational attacks of people like you.

Courageous apostates aim to skewer the hypocrisies and inconsistencies of a faith that commands the allegiance of a billion people - as well as the hypocrisies of those Western defenders of Islam who would not tolerate its strictures in their own cultures.

... We are convinced, confident, and courageous in the New Evangelisation because of the power of the Person sending us on mission - who happens to be the second Person of the Most Blessed Trinity - because of the truth of the message, and the deep down openness in even the most secularised of people to the divine.

The Conference called the churches to bear courageous and unflinching witness to the nations that the base purposes of people, whether individuals or of groups, can not prevail against the will of the holy and compassionate God.

And meanwhile some wreckers were around, creating havoc with people's faith — liberation theologians owing more to Marx than to the Gospel of Christ, crusaders for contraception who railed against Humanae Vitae and denounced the gentle Paul VI with a savagery that caused that good, wise and courageous man real sufering.

Only persons capable of acknowledging something greater than their own projects can undertake a task of such courageous faith.

My prayer for you is that you are, and will continue to be, «the church of the living God,» in this difficult time and strategic place, and that in so being you will fashion a compelling, courageous, consistent witness to the truth that still sets people free.

If such a program arouses opposition, as it is likely to, this calls for the tactful but courageous insistence that the house of God is a place of prayer and service for all peoples and the Church of God can not sanction discrimination at any point.

A blog begin a conversation thousands of people long, but it will take many more courageous people to transform the Church, relationships with others and humble communities to recognize loving words, reminiscent of Dr King's Beloved Community: «intergroup and interpersonal living.»

People sometimes think that the courageous person does not feel fear in the midst of great danger and potential personal harm.

Save for a brief flash of independence under the courageous Maccabees they were never again to be a free people — at least not until, after nearly two thousand years of dispersion, they established the new state of Israel in 1948.

Courtney is also one of the bravest people I know — this post she wrote after she suffered a devastating miscarriage in 2014 is one of the most courageous, beautiful, honest and touching things I've ever read.

Along the way we've seen 20 investigations, tens of thousands of people turn out to represent animals at national rallies, television exposé after television exposé, and we've seen more and more courageous MP's stand up to injustice and echo your calls, giving a strong voice to animals in Parliament.

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I think she was so successful as an advice columnist because she kept up with the changing times (she realized that Viagra may be useful for some men), was courageous and not afraid to take controversial and unpopular views (like to accept and support gays), and was compassionate (she personally called some people on the verge of suicide rather than just responding to them...

A lot of people thought it courageous (read naive) to choose to endure that kind of pain.

When experiencing the abyss of depression, people rarely feel «courageous» and yet, courage is likely your most defining characteristic.

According to him, the position of chief scribe of the party must be occupied by a «courageous and charismatic» person.

Turning away from the exodus state we have become and rebuilding the Empire State will require a new class of courageous elected officials of character and belief in making government stand up, protect the people, give New Yorkers opportunity and allow the economy to grow.

He said all four candidates were «very, very able, very courageous people, very strong with ideas, representing all the strands of thought in the party».

«Our administration has resolved to seize the gauntlet by taking a courageous step to halt the relentless despoliation of our common heritage by some mindless persons.

I am only here to give justice to the tiring and boring letter you wrote to the courageous and uncompromising leader of the Indigenous People Of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanof the Indigenous People Of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi KanOf Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.

Some of them were grumbling leaving Egyptian soil because they were having the phobia for the unknown, but I am telling you people as a courageous leader, do not be afraid.

He should also be courageous to inform the people of the state that free education is no longer feasible because of the poor state of the economy.»

«It would have required MaryEllen Elia to be one of the most courageous people I know, and she's not.