To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Action Quotes, Courage Quotes

The solar system has no anxiety about its reputation

The solar system has no anxiety about its reputation

We but half express ourselves, and are ashamed of that divine idea which each of...

We but half express ourselves, and are ashamed of that divine idea which each of...

Conservatism makes no poetry, breathes no prayer, has no invention; it is all memory. Reform...

Conservatism makes no poetry, breathes no prayer, has no invention; it is all memory. Reform...

Reality is a sliding door.

Reality is a sliding door.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel...

If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel...

We do not live an equal life, but one of contrasts and patchwork; now a...

We do not live an equal life, but one of contrasts and patchwork; now a...

Money, which represents the prose of life, and which is hardly spoken of in parlors...

Money, which represents the prose of life, and which is hardly spoken of in parlors...

Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.

Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.

Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it

Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it

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.

Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.

Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.

All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not...

All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not...

Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow

Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow

In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.

In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.

A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work...

A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work...

Meek young men grow up in libraries, believing it their duty to accept the views...

Meek young men grow up in libraries, believing it their duty to accept the views...

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

I don't think any good book is based on factual experience. Bad books are about...

I don't think any good book is based on factual experience. Bad books are about...

We do not need to proselytise either by our speech or by our writing. We...

We do not need to proselytise either by our speech or by our writing. We...

The eyes of the soul of the multitudes are unable to endure the vision of...

The eyes of the soul of the multitudes are unable to endure the vision of...

Art imitates Nature, and necessity is the mother of invention

Art imitates Nature, and necessity is the mother of invention