The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be…

Quote by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Topics: Heroism Quotes

We must not always talk in the market-place of what happens to us in the...

We must not always talk in the market-place of what happens to us in the...

A hero cannot be a hero unless in a heroic world.

A hero cannot be a hero unless in a heroic world.

It contributes greatly towards a man's moral and intellectual health, to be brought into habits...

It contributes greatly towards a man's moral and intellectual health, to be brought into habits...

The only sensible ends of literature are, first, the pleasurable toil of writing; second, the...

The only sensible ends of literature are, first, the pleasurable toil of writing; second, the...

Easy reading is damned hard writing.

Easy reading is damned hard writing.

Mountains are earth's undecaying monuments.

Mountains are earth's undecaying monuments.

Just as there comes a warm sunbeam into every cottage window, so comes a love-born...

Just as there comes a warm sunbeam into every cottage window, so comes a love-born...

No man for any considerable period can wear one face to himself and another to...

No man for any considerable period can wear one face to himself and another to...

Mountains are earth's undecaying monuments.

Mountains are earth's undecaying monuments.

Caresses, expressions of one sort or another, are necessary to the life of the affections...

Caresses, expressions of one sort or another, are necessary to the life of the affections...

In our nature, however, there is a provision, alike marvelous and merciful, that the sufferer...

In our nature, however, there is a provision, alike marvelous and merciful, that the sufferer...

The founders of a new colony, whatever Utopia of human virtue and happiness they might...

The founders of a new colony, whatever Utopia of human virtue and happiness they might...

Nobody has any conscience about adding to the improbabilities of a marvelous tale.

Nobody has any conscience about adding to the improbabilities of a marvelous tale.

Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the...

Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the...

Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty.

Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty.

A woman's chastity consists, like an onion, of a series of coats.

A woman's chastity consists, like an onion, of a series of coats.

Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty.

Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty.

The great masses of the people will more easily fall victims to a big lie...

The great masses of the people will more easily fall victims to a big lie...

There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently...

There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently...

If you punish honesty in others, you encourage dishonesty.

If you punish honesty in others, you encourage dishonesty.