Self-trust is the essence of heroism

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Heroism Quotes, Trust Quotes

Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests,...

Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests,...

The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.

The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.

No facts to me are sacred; none are profane.

No facts to me are sacred; none are profane.

Friendship should be surrounded with ceremonies and respects, and not crushed into corners. Friendship requires...

Friendship should be surrounded with ceremonies and respects, and not crushed into corners. Friendship requires...

Language is fossil poetry

Language is fossil poetry

Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations

Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations

A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task...

A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task...

Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.

Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.

I awoke with devout thanksgiving for my friends.

I awoke with devout thanksgiving for my friends.

Nature is an endless combination and repetition of a very few laws. She hums the...

Nature is an endless combination and repetition of a very few laws. She hums the...

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.

Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.

Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some...

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some...

I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.

I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.

Every burned book enlightens the world.

Every burned book enlightens the world.

No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.

No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will...

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will...

Every reform was once a private opinion, and when it shall be a private opinion...

Every reform was once a private opinion, and when it shall be a private opinion...

We grow old more through indolence, than through age.

We grow old more through indolence, than through age.

There has never been an age that did not applaud the past and lament the...

There has never been an age that did not applaud the past and lament the...