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Brave

926 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.

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Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein Physicist

"Remember today, for it is the beginning of always. Today marks the start of a brave new future filled with all your dreams can hold. Think truly to the future and make those dreams come true."

Democritus
Democritus Philosopher

"The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures. Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women."

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Mahatma Gandhi Political Leader
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"Ahimsa is an attribute of the brave. Cowardice and ahimsa don't go together any more that water and fire."

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"Death is a supple suitor, that wins at last. It is a stealthy wooing; conducted first by pallid innuendos and dim approach, but brave at last with bugles."

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George Eliot Novelist, Poet, Journalist
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"May every soul that touches mine - be it the slightest contact - get there from some good; some little grace; one kindly thought; one aspiration yet unfelt; one bit of courage for the darkening sky; one gleam of faith to brave the thickening ills of life; one glimpse of brighter skies beyond the gathering mists - to make this life worthwhile."

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Cheryl Strayed Author, Memoirist
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"I knew that if I allowed fear to overtake me, my journey was doomed. Fear, to a great extent, is born of a story we tell ourselves, and so I chose to tell myself a different story from the one women are told. I decided I was safe. I was strong. I was brave. Nothing could vanquish me."

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Seth Godin Author, Entrepreneur
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"Just about every great, brave or beautiful thing in our culture was created by someone who didn't do it for money."

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Rabindranath Tagore Poet, Playwright, Novelist
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"Great suffering brings with it the power of great endurance. When sorrow is deepest all the forces of patience and courage are banded together to do their duty. So while we are cowards before petty troubles, great sorrows make us brave by rousing our truer manhood."

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