Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
A man is a hero, not because he is braver than anyone else, but because he is brave for 10 minutes longer. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The longer we live the more we must endure the elementary existence of men and women; and every brave heart must treat… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“That law of nature whereby everything climbs to higher platforms, and bodily vigor becomes mental and moral vigor. The bread he eats… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
As the Sandwich-Islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes into himself, so we gain the strength… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Ideas must work through the brains and the arms of good and brave, or they are no better than dreams — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
It is contended that those who have been bred at Eton, Harrow, Rugby, and Westminster, that the public sentiment within each of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Fear is an instructor of great sagacity, and the herald of all revolutions. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
In youth, we clothe ourselves with rainbows, and go as brave as the zodiac. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The society of the energetic class, in their friendly and festive meetings, is full of courage, and of attempts, which intimidatethe pale… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I give you joy of your free and brave thought. I have great joy in it. I find incomparable things said incomparably… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
What is man born for but to be a Reformer, a Remaker of what man has made? A renouncer of lies; a… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“Valor consists in the power of self-recovery, so that a man cannot have his flank turned, cannot be out-generalled, but put him… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The history of mankind interests us only as it exhibits a steady gain of truth and right, in the incessant conflict which it records… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
If we will not interfere with our thought, but will act entirely, or see how the thing stands in God, we know the particular… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not the age of Revolution; when the old and the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
A man cannot speak but he judges himself. With his will or against his will he draws his portrait to the eye of his… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Consideration is the soil in which wisdom may be expected to grow, and strength be given to every up-springing plant of duty. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“There is then creative reading as well as creative writing. When the mind is braced by labor and invention, the page of whatever book… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Another success is the post-office, with its educating energy augmented by cheapness and guarded by a certain religious sentimentin mankind; so that the power… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
A child reminds us that playtime is an essential part of our daily routine. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
No man can be criticised but by a greater than he. Do not, then, read the reviews. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Coal lay in ledges under the ground since the Flood, until a laborer with pick and windlass brings it to the surface. We may… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
