I allowed myself to be bullied because I was scared and didn't know how to defend myself. I was bullied until I prevented a new student from being bullied. By standing up for him, I learned to stand up for myself.

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"Martial arts is not for hurting people, it’s for protecting people."

- Jackie Chan

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"We learn martial arts as helping weakness. You never fight for people to get hurt. You're always helping people."

- Jackie Chan

Compassion

"We learn martial arts as helping weakness. You never fight for people to get hurt. You’re always helping people."

- Jackie Chan

Compassion

"Sometimes it takes only one act of kindness and caring to change a person’s life."

- Jackie Chan

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"Sometimes it only takes one act of kindness and caring to change a person's life."

- Jackie Chan

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"The greatest strength lies in vulnerability."

- Beauty and the Beast

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"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear."

- Mark Twain

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"I am learning every day to allow the space between where I am and where I want to be to inspire me and not terrify me."

- Tracee Ellis Ross

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"If your dreams don’t scare you, they’re not big enough."

- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

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"Courage, dear heart."

- C.S. Lewis

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