22 Inspiring Quotes About Freedom

By SUCCESS Staff | June 26, 2020 |

This Fourth of July, as you watch the sky light up with red, white and blue, remind yourself of the meaning behind the holiday with these 22 quotes about freedom:

1. Know your worth.

“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.” - Charlotte Bronte Click To Tweet

2. Embrace your humanity.

“Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.” - Mahatma Gandhi Click To Tweet

3. Embrace the feeling of wonder.

“From every mountainside, let freedom ring.” - Martin Luther King, Jr. Click To Tweet

4. Release yourself.

“The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear.” - Aung San Suu Kyi Click To Tweet

5. Accept responsibility.

“May we think of freedom not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right.” - Peter Marshall Click To Tweet

6. Dream big.

“Dreams are the foundation of America.” - Lupita Nyong'o Click To Tweet

7. Rely on yourself.

“Freedom (n.): To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.” - Ayn Rand Click To Tweet

8. Earn it.

“In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.” - Franklin D. Roosevelt Click To Tweet

9. Practice consistency.

“We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.” - William Faulkner Click To Tweet

10. Be bold.

“Freedom lies in being bold.” - Robert Frost Click To Tweet

11. Feel pride.

“America is another name for opportunity.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson Click To Tweet

12. Face the sun.

“Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.” - Herbert Hoover Click To Tweet

13. Keep the faith.

“This, then, is the state of the union: free and restless, growing and full of hope. So it was in the beginning. So it shall always be, while God is willing, and we are strong enough to keep the faith.” - Lyndon B. Johnson Click To Tweet

14. Believe in yourself.

“I am an American; free born and free bred, where I acknowledge no man as my superior, except for his own worth, or as my inferior, except for his own demerit.” - Theodore Roosevelt Click To Tweet

15. Find your freedom.

“Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.” - Epictetus Click To Tweet

16. Reach for the stars.

“Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we would be.” - Daniel J. Boorstin Click To Tweet

17. Leave it better than you found it.

“For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.” - Nelson Mandela Click To Tweet

18. Embrace the power of hard work.

“Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom.” - Albert Einstein Click To Tweet

19. Look forward.

“The essence of America—that which really unites us—is not ethnicity, or nationality, or religion. It is an idea—and what an idea it is: that you can come from humble circumstances and do great things.” - Condoleezza Rice Click To Tweet

20. Achieve greatness.

“I believe in America because we have great dreams, and because we have the opportunity to make those dreams come true.” - Wendell Willkie Click To Tweet

21. Find your wholeness.

“Life without liberty is like a body without spirit.” - Kahlil Gibran Click To Tweet

22. Be brave.

“Those who won our independence... valued liberty as an end and as a means. They believed liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty.” - Louis D. Brandeis Click To Tweet

Editor’s note: This post was originally published in July 2016 and has been updated.
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9 Comments

Krishnendu Pramanick on April 20, 2019 at 4:47 am
Hi, great post! Freedom is a feeling. It is the most important feeling to have in an individual. It is freedom which lets one think and function freely at their own will.
Mohamed on July 5, 2019 at 7:29 pm
This post is great and important to every ones real life.
Jerry Pompilio on July 5, 2019 at 2:57 pm
Loved the post, As I posted on FB, so why are so many people willing to freely give it up?
Jacob Wilson on July 6, 2019 at 4:37 pm
Freedom; the persistent wonderful thoughts that flow through our beautiful imaginations, allowing us to visualize and manifest all that we desire.
- Ananda Welihena on July 3, 2020 at 11:05 pm
  Freedom is not about being away from conflicts; It is the ability to manage and cope with them till they gradually remain and disappear. Ananda Welihena, Sri Lanka.
Debby Rennet on January 23, 2020 at 4:30 pm
Great post 👍🏻👍🏻
Biswarup Das on June 6, 2020 at 5:32 am
None of us really want to be free, for to be free means we are responsible for ourselves in every way.
john divine on July 3, 2020 at 11:03 pm
Freedom is both a joy and a responsibility. A joy for everyone to live a creative, enthusiastic and worthwhile life. A responsibility to do all we can so that everyone can experience the joy.
Robert (Rob) Powell on July 4, 2020 at 7:01 am
Thank you for this. A good read to wake up to. Happy 4th.