belief in liberty ... Louis Brandeis ... Happy Fourth of July

Those who won 

our independence believed

 liberty to be the secret

 of happiness and 

courage to be the secret 

of liberty.

~Louis D. Brandeis

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Flag Location: Tucson, Arizona

Titan Missile Museum

two definitions for courage ... Winston Churchill

Courage is what it takes

 to stand up and speak;

 courage is also 

what it takes 

to sit down and listen. 

~Winston Churchill

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Tuskeegee Airmen, 1945

Location: Italy

courage ... Winston Churchill

Courage is what 

it takes to 

stand up and speak; 

courage is also what

 it takes to 

sit down and listen. 

~Winston Churchill

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letting go ... Erich Fromm

Creativity requires 

the courage 

to let go 

of certainties. 

~Erich Fromm

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Location: Deer Valley Petrolglyths

how courageous are you ... Christopher Reeve

 Either you stay 

in the shallow end

 of the pool 

or 

you go out in the ocean. 

~Christopher Reeve

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be brave .. Plato

Courage is knowing 

what not to fear.

~Plato

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Happy 4th of July

America was not 

built on fear. 

America was built 

on courage, 

on imagination 

and an unbeatable 

determination to do 

the job at hand. 

~Harry S Truman 

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Location: Arizona State Capital

Purple Heart Day ... John Wayne

Courage is being 

scared to death ...

and

saddling up anyway.

~ John Wayne

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Locations: Maricopa County, Arizona

courage to find your way ... Earl Nightingale

All you need is a plan, 

the road map,

and the courage

to press on 

to your destination.

~Earl Nightingale

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Location: Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, Arizona

aging with George Burns

You can't help getting older,

but you don't have to get old.

~George Burns

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Location: Scottsdale McCormick Train Park, Scottsdale, Arizona

(5/3) Am I mistaken? Bruce Lee

Mistakes are always forgivable, 

if one has the courage to admit them.

~Bruce Lee

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(3/21) Common Courtesy Day ...

Courtesy is as much a mark
of a gentleman
as courage.
~Theodore Roosevelt

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Location: Old Town Scottsdale, Scottsdale, Arizona

(2/4) thank your postman day ... Jerome Cady

 A wise man knows

 where courage ends

 and stupidity begins.

~Jerome Cady

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Location: Mesa, Arizona

(1/20) Inauguration Day ... Theodore Roosevelt

It is only through labor 

and painful effort, 

by grim energy

and resolute courage

that we move on

to better things.

~Theodore Roosevelt

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Location: Fountain Hills, Arizona
Teddy Roosevelt as Rough Rider