Maya Angelou

We are braver and wiser because they existed, those strong women and strong men... We are who we are because they were who they were. It's wise to know where you come from, who called your name.

American Poet

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.

American President

Helen Keller

We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.

American Author

Rick Mercer

It's a brave new world. I'm 42 years old. I certainly wasn't out in high school.

Canadian Comedian

Nelson Mandela

I can't pretend that I'm brave and that I can beat the whole world.

South African Statesman

Carter G. Woodson

I am ready to act, if I can find brave men to help me.

American Historian

Lal Bahadur Shastri

We must fight for peace bravely as we fought in war.

Indian Leader

Livy

The result showed that fortune helps the brave.

Roman Historian

John Gay

The brave love mercy, and delight to save.

English Poet

Howard Kurtz

American Journalist

The adjective 'brave' often suggests a positive judgment and admiration.

Positive Connotation

'Brave' can evoke emotions of inspiration or motivation.

Emotionally Charged

In many cultures, 'brave' is a quality attributed to heroes and admired figures.

Cultural Heroism

As a verb, 'brave' implies a deliberate action to confront a challenge.

Intentional Action

'Brave' as a verb is especially used when dealing with adverse or daunting conditions.

Challenging Conditions

To 'brave' something implies drawing on one's inner strength or resilience.

Personal Strength

As a noun, 'brave' specifically refers to a Native American warrior in historical contexts.

Historical Context

The noun form is outdated and should be used carefully to avoid offense.

Archaic Usage

Using 'brave' as a noun requires sensitivity to cultural appropriation and stereotypes.

Cultural Sensitivity

 or what it had for breakfast, we can't expect standardized tests alone to reliably tell us how smart someone is, how diplomats will handle a tough situation, or how brave a firefighter might turn out to be. So standardized tests may help us learn a little about a lot of people in a short time,

Should we get rid of...

 We're here and we're kind of here to be brave and courageous and move through the messiness of whatever comes up. We actually expect you to get somewhat triggered here, and that's the whole point of it. And the whole point of why it's so healing, is to really use the ocean to navigate that.

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 and they live nowhere else in the world but in madagascar the local people have superstitions and taboos connected with nearly all their animals and they have them about even such an inoffensive little beast as this many men particularly if they reckon themselves to be brave and strong

Sir David Attenborough...

 just like science experiments do for the physical world. Spotting these moral hairpin turns now will help us maneuver the unfamiliar road of technology ethics, and allow us to cruise confidently and conscientiously into our brave new future.

The ethical dilemma of...

 because risks they are and those I think of as brave souls know this in a way they're the personification of soul music however bitter they're experienced they're not ruled by fear or by resentment they reach out into the world

The real meaning of soul...

 accommodation than once over her kits are likely to take more than a bit of persuading before they dare step foot into this brave new world the mom's trying to get the kids out of the box and into the burrow

Adorable Baby Animal...

 took the leatherback's future into his own hands he began patrolling the beach at night to protect the turtles a brave thing to do we were met with tremendous resistance

Saving Leatherback...

 she react as she would to the real thing bravely protecting the colony with no thought for herself our aim is to harass the snake into leaving but the spy snake

5 Amazing Animal...

 Can we redefine what those mean and use them to explore our hearts? Are you brave enough to be vulnerable? To reach out to another man when you need help?

Why I'm done trying to...

 his own hands he began patrolling the beach at night to protect the turtles a brave thing to do

Brave

Having courage and not being afraid.

Often appears as...

To face or endure something difficult or dangerous courageously.

Often appears as...

Native American warrior.

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Positive Connotation

Emotionally Charged

Cultural Heroism

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