Self-trust is the essence of heroism

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Heroism Quotes, Trust Quotes

I have no hostility to nature, but a child's love to it. I expand and...

I have no hostility to nature, but a child's love to it. I expand and...

This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what...

This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what...

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

The reward of a thing well done is having done it.

The reward of a thing well done is having done it.

Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events.

Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events.

The youth, intoxicated with his admiration of a hero, fails to see, that it is...

The youth, intoxicated with his admiration of a hero, fails to see, that it is...

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we...

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we...

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

The high prize of life, the crowning fortune of man, is to be born with...

The high prize of life, the crowning fortune of man, is to be born with...

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain,...

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain,...

Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force -...

Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force -...

The faith that stands on authority is not faith.

The faith that stands on authority is not faith.

Reality is a sliding door.

Reality is a sliding door.

The power of love, as the basis of a State, has never been tried.

The power of love, as the basis of a State, has never been tried.

Thou art to me a delicious torment.

Thou art to me a delicious torment.

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

Though love repine, and reason chafe, There came a voice without reply, - 'Tis man's...

Though love repine, and reason chafe, There came a voice without reply, - 'Tis man's...

Love is doing what will enthrall the beloved with the greatest and longest joy. What...

Love is doing what will enthrall the beloved with the greatest and longest joy. What...

Love a man, even in his sin, for that love is a likeness of the...

Love a man, even in his sin, for that love is a likeness of the...