Self-trust is the essence of heroism

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Heroism Quotes, Trust Quotes

Every experiment, by multitudes or by individuals, that has a sensual and selfish aim, will...

Every experiment, by multitudes or by individuals, that has a sensual and selfish aim, will...

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...

Money often costs too much.

Money often costs too much.

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel

Every known fact in natural science was divined by the presentiment of somebody, before it...

Every known fact in natural science was divined by the presentiment of somebody, before it...

If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me.

If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me.

Words are also actions, and actions are a kind of words.

Words are also actions, and actions are a kind of words.

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's...

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's...

One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well...

One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well...

When we quarrel, how we wish we had been blameless.

When we quarrel, how we wish we had been blameless.

The ancestor of every action is a thought

The ancestor of every action is a thought

They (the days) come and go like muffled and veiled figures sent from a distant...

They (the days) come and go like muffled and veiled figures sent from a distant...

As soon as there is life there is danger.

As soon as there is life there is danger.

No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.

No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.

They can conquer who believe they can. He has not learned the first lesson in...

They can conquer who believe they can. He has not learned the first lesson in...

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

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

We are by nature observers, and thereby learners. That is our permanent state.

We are by nature observers, and thereby learners. That is our permanent state.

We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too...

We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too...

A step to the left can change your world.

A step to the left can change your world.

Happiness can be defined, in part at least, as the fruit of the desire and...

Happiness can be defined, in part at least, as the fruit of the desire and...