Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

Self-trust is the essence of heroism

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes from The Selected Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Heroism feels and never reasons, and therefore is always right.

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To this military attitude of the soul we give the name of Heroism... It is a self-trust which slights the restraints of prudence, in the plenitude of its energy and power to repair the harms it may suffer. The hero is a mind of such balance that no disturbances can shake his will...

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When the spirit is not master of the world, then it is its dupe.

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The heroic soul does not sell its justice and its nobleness.

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes from The Selected Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The great will not condescend to take anything seriously.

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I see not any road of perfect peace which a man can walk but after the counsel of his own bosom.

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes from The Selected Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson
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I see it only that thyself is here, and art and nature, hope and fate, friends, angels and the supreme being shall not be absent from the chamber where thou sittest.

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O friend, never strike sail to a fear!

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The characteristic of genuine heroism, is its persistency. All men have wandering impulses, fits and starts of generosity. But when you have resolved to be great, abide by yourself, and do not weakly try to reconcile yourself with the world. The heroic cannot be the common, nor the common the heroic.

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes from The Selected Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson
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