Book Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Courage and wisdom are, indeed, rarities amongst men, but of all that is good, a just man it would seem is the most scarce.

— Plutarch

Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

There can be no courage in men unless God supports them by his Word.

— John Calvin

No man should go through life without once experiencing healthy, even bored solitude in the wilderness, finding himself depending solely on himself and thereby…

— Jack Kerouac

Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Any man who is really a man must learn to be alone in the midst of others, to think alone for others, and, if…

— Romain Rolland

To be wiser than other men is to be honester than they; and strength of mind is only courage to see and speak the…

— William Hazlitt

Common experience shows how much rarer is moral courage than physical bravery. A thousand men will march to the mouth of the cannon where…

— Clarence Darrow

Until the day of his death no man can be sure of his courage.

— Jean Anouilh

There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.

— Anonymous

Courage makes a man more than himself; for he is then himself plus his valor.

— William Rounseville Alger

It's surprising how much wisdom every man possesses -- if not for his own affairs, then for the affairs of others.

— Evan Esar