10 Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes on Courage

Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes on courage

72. Heroism feels and never reasons and therefore is always right.

73. It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, - 'Always do what you are afraid to do.'

137. Beauty will not come at the call of a legislature, nor will it repeat in England or America its history in Greece. It will come, as always, unannounced, and spring up between the feet of brave and earnest men.

178. By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard round the world.

188. Great men, great nations, have not been boasters and buffoons, but perceivers of the terror of life, and have manned themselves to face it.

219. I think no virtue goes with size; The reason of all cowardice Is, that men are overgrown, And, to be valiant, must come down To the titmouse dimension.

231. Though love repine, and reason chafe, There came a voice without reply, - ''Tis man's perdition to be safe, When for the truth he ought to die.'

287. A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.

289. Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

302. To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.