Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes on Courage
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Heroism feels and never reasons and therefore is always right.
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It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, - 'Always do what you are afraid to do.'
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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.
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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.
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Great men, great nations, have not been boasters and buffoons, but perceivers of the terror of life, and have manned themselves to face it.
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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.
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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.'
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A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
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Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
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To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.