To live is to choose - Kofi Annan

To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there. - Kofi Annan 

To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform. - Theodore H. White 

Don't play "follow the leader."  Think for yourself. 

 Further reading: I have a Dream... Martin Luther King Jr. 

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