And each man stands with his face in the light of his own drawn sword. Ready to do what a hero can.

Quote by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Topics: Heroism Quotes

All actual heroes are essential men, / And all men possible heroes...

All actual heroes are essential men, / And all men possible heroes...

Suddenly, as rare things will, it vanished.

Suddenly, as rare things will, it vanished.

Since when was genius found respectable?

Since when was genius found respectable?

The beautiful seems right by force of beauty and the feeble wrong because of weakness.

The beautiful seems right by force of beauty and the feeble wrong because of weakness.

What is genius but the power of expressing a new individuality?

What is genius but the power of expressing a new individuality?

An ignorance of means may minister To greatness, but an ignorance of aims Make it...

An ignorance of means may minister To greatness, but an ignorance of aims Make it...

I tell you, hopeless grief is passionless; That only men incredulous of despair, half-taught in...

I tell you, hopeless grief is passionless; That only men incredulous of despair, half-taught in...

I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach

I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach

God's gifts put man's best dreams to shame.

God's gifts put man's best dreams to shame.

The person who reads too much and uses his brain too little will fall into...

The person who reads too much and uses his brain too little will fall into...

The person who reads too much and uses his brain too little will fall into...

The person who reads too much and uses his brain too little will fall into...

We are what we repeatedly do; excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.

We are what we repeatedly do; excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

You can do anything, but not everything.

You can do anything, but not everything.

We learn something every day, and lots of times its that what we learned the...

We learn something every day, and lots of times its that what we learned the...

What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end,...

What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end,...

A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.

A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.

I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?

I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?

The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is...

The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is...

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility...

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility...

Laugh at the confusion, smile through the tears and keep reminding yourself that everything happens...

Laugh at the confusion, smile through the tears and keep reminding yourself that everything happens...