They can conquer who believe they can. He has not learned the first lesson in life who does not every day surmount a fear.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Life Quotes

Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down...

Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down...

So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it...

So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it...

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.

No facts to me are sacred; none are profane.

No facts to me are sacred; none are profane.

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph...

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph...

Beauty is the mark God sets on virtue. Every natural action is graceful; every heroic...

Beauty is the mark God sets on virtue. Every natural action is graceful; every heroic...

Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.

Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.

There is more difference in the quality of our pleasures than in the amount.

There is more difference in the quality of our pleasures than in the amount.

Our strength grows out of our weaknesses

Our strength grows out of our weaknesses

Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.

Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.

There is properly no history; only biography

There is properly no history; only biography

A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.

A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.

Imitation is suicide

Imitation is suicide

Men are respectable only as they respect

Men are respectable only as they respect

As the Sandwich-Islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes...

As the Sandwich-Islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes...

Language is the archives of history

Language is the archives of history

The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is...

The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is...

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes...

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes...

The world's battlefields have been in the heart chiefly; more heroism has been displayed in...

The world's battlefields have been in the heart chiefly; more heroism has been displayed in...

A hero cannot be a hero unless in an heroic world

A hero cannot be a hero unless in an heroic world