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We make progress in society only if we stop cursing and complaining about its shortcomings and have the courage to do something about them.

— Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

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More quotes by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

It is difficult to accept death in this society because it is unfamiliar. In spite of the fact that it happens all the time, we never see it.

Death: The Final Stage of Growth (1975)

People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.

The Leader's Digest : Timeless Principles for Team and Organization (2003)

Guilt is perhaps the most painful companion of death.

On Death and Dying (1969)

Dying is something we human beings do continuously, not just at the end of our physical lives on this earth.

Death: The Final Stage of Growth (1975)

Learn to get in touch with silence within yourself and know that everything in this life has a purpose. There are no mistakes, no coincidences; all events are blessings given to us to learn from.

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Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.

William Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1599)

All doubt is cowardice — all trust is brave.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Courage is never born with a person; time and circumstances inject it into a person and bring it forth from within.

Sanu Sharma

Christianity offers reasons for not fearing death or the universe, and in so doing it fails to teach adequately the virtue of courage.

Bertrand Russell Education and the Social Order (1932)

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