Happy Fourth of July

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“Every human has four endowments – self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom… The power to choose, to respond, to change.” (Stephen Covey)

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

“To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best day and night to make you like everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight and never stop fighting.” (E.E. Cummings)

I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will.” (Charlotte Bronte)

“Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.” (Albert Camus)

“This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.” (Elmer Davis)

“The secret of happiness is freedom, the secret of freedom is courage.” (Carrie Jones)

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By Gary and Esther Berkley

Gary and Esther Berkley are the authors of "Whatever You Become, Become Your Best - The College and Graduate Guide to Wisdom for Success in Life." Check it out at www.amazon.com/dp/B09593L5FT

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