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 health of the eye seems to demand a horizon. We are never tired, so...

The health of the eye seems to demand a horizon. We are never tired, so...

The eyes indicate the antiquity of the soul

The eyes indicate the antiquity of the soul

It takes a good deal of character to judge a person by his future instead...

It takes a good deal of character to judge a person by his future instead...

Every sentence spoken by Napoleon, and every line of his writing, deserves reading, as it...

Every sentence spoken by Napoleon, and every line of his writing, deserves reading, as it...

The power, which resides in man, is new in nature, and none but he knows...

The power, which resides in man, is new in nature, and none but he knows...

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

I do not hesitate to read all good books in translations. What is really best...

I do not hesitate to read all good books in translations. What is really best...

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

A day for toil, an hour for sport, but for a friend is life too...

A day for toil, an hour for sport, but for a friend is life too...

We judge a man's wisdom by his hope.

We judge a man's wisdom by his hope.

Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book; a...

Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book; a...

Extremes meet, and there is no better example than the naughtiness of humility

Extremes meet, and there is no better example than the naughtiness of humility

God may forgive sins, he said, but awkwardness has no forgiveness in heaven or earth

God may forgive sins, he said, but awkwardness has no forgiveness in heaven or earth

Obedience alone gives the right to command

Obedience alone gives the right to command

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may...

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may...

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...

Why need I volumes, if one word suffice?

Why need I volumes, if one word suffice?

The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best...

The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best...

Give a boy address and accomplishments and you give him the mastery of palaces and...

Give a boy address and accomplishments and you give him the mastery of palaces and...