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• He who is brave is free.

  Seneca the Younger

  Freedom, Reality, Bravery

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• We call our country home of the brave and land of the free, but it's not. We give a false portrayal of freedom. We're not free - if we were, we'd allow people their freedom.

  Jesse Ventura

  Country, Home, Land

  Jesse Ventura (2016). “Sh*t Politicians Say: The Funniest, Dumbest, Most Outrageous Things Ever Uttered By Our "Leaders"”, p.153, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• If success attends my steps, honor and glory await my name-if defeat, still shall it be said we died like brave men, and conferred honor, even in death, on the American Name.

  Zebulon Pike

  Congratulations, Men, Names

  Zebulon Montgomery Pike (1972). “Zebulon Pike's Arkansaw Journal: In Search of the Southern Louisiana Purchase Boundary Line (interpreted by His Newly Recovered Maps).”, Greenwood Publishing Group

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• Men, we don't need you in shining armor.
  We just need you a little bit brave, just a little bit brave.

  Virginia Madsen

  Men, Shining, Needs

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• I want it to be remembered that Ozzy was the first celebrity who was brave enough to open up his private life to the public. He was the first.

  Sharon Osbourne

  Want, Firsts, Enough

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• Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway.

  John Wayne

  Veterans Day, Courage, Fear

  John Wayne, Carol Lea Mueller (2007). “The Quotable John Wayne: The Grit and Wisdom of an American Icon”, p.34, Taylor Trade Publications

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• It took a brave editor in the U.S. to sign a contract for Dancing Girls, and without her belief in the book, I'm not sure it would ever have found its way into print.

  Louise Brown

  Girl, Believe, Book

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• Courage is fear that has said its prayers and decided to go forward anyway.

  Joyce Meyer

  Courage, Fear, Prayer

  Joyce Meyer (2009). “I Dare You: Embrace Life with Passion”, p.115, Hachette UK

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• We do not live an equal life, but one of contrasts and patchwork; now a little joy, then a sorrow, now a sin, then a generous or brave action.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Life, Change, Joy

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1960). “The Journals”

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• Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative place where no one else has ever been.

  Alan Alda

  Life, Creativity, Creative

  Alan Alda (2009). “Things I Overheard While Talking To Myself”, p.21, Random House

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• The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy.

  John F. Kennedy

  Life, Courage, Bravery

  John F. Kennedy (1964). “Profiles In Courage”

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• It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.

  Albert Einstein

  Courage, Moving, Simple

  "Small is Beautiful". The Radical Humanist, Vol. 37, No. 5, (p. 22), August 1973.

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• The brave man, inattentive to his duty, is worth little more to his country than the coward who deserts her in the hour of danger.

  Andrew Jackson

  Country, Courage, Military

  Andrew Jackson, David Maydole Matteson (1937). “Correspondence of Andrew Jackson: to April 30, 1814”

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• Even cowards can endure hardship; only the brave can endure suspense.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Courage, Women, Coward

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.47, BookBaby

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• It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only by defying it that the brave escape.

  Voltaire

  Bravery, Coward, Vain

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• Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Courage, Men

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1973). “Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks: 1847-1848”, p.43, Harvard University Press

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• I don't think that bravery is about skin. Bravery is about a willingness to show emotional need.

  Richard Gere

  Emotional, Thinking, Bravery

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• I don't much care who is gay or straight or married or not. I mostly notice if they are brave enough to confront bigotry.

  Jasmine Guy

  Gay, Racist, Care

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• Curiosity is one of the forms of feminine bravery.

  Victor Hugo

  Women, Bravery, Curiosity

  Victor Hugo (2008). “Ninety-Three: A Historical Novel”, p.3, Mondial

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• O, wonder! How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, That has such people in't!

  William Shakespeare

  Brave New World, People, Wonder

  'The Tempest' (1611) act 5, sc. 1, l. 182

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• And that," put in the Director sententiously, "that is the secret of happiness and virtue — liking what you've got to do. All conditioning aims at that: making people like their unescapable social destiny.

  Aldous Huxley

  Happiness, Brave New World, Destiny

  Aldous Huxley (1933). “Retrospect: an omnibus of Aldous Huxley's books”

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• Be brave if you lose and meek if you win.

  Harvey Penick

  Golf, Winning, Bravery

  Harvey Penick (2011). “And If You Play Golf, You're My Friend: Furthur Reflections of a Grown Caddie”, p.108, Simon and Schuster

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• I am brave, but I take a view. It is an educated view. I am careful. I am not reckless.

  Philip Green

  Intelligent, Views, Bravery

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• True courage is the result of reasoning. A brave mind is always impregnable.

  Jeremy Collier

  Uplifting, Courage, Mind

  "Pearls of Great Price: or, Maxims, reflections, characters and thoughts, on miscellaneous subjects".

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• It is a law of human nature that in victory even the coward may boast of his prowess, while defeat injures the reputation even of the brave.

  Sallust

  Law, Bravery, Victory

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