“Self trust is the essence of heroism.”
Success
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
Variante: Self-trust is the first secret of success.
Ralph Waldo Emerson: Frases en inglés
Ralph Waldo Emerson era ensayista y poeta estadounidense. Frases en inglés.Ralph Waldo Emerson: 827 citas46 Me gusta
“Your goodness must have some edge to it -- else it is none.”
1840s, Essays: First Series (1841), Self-Reliance
Variante: Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to it, — else it is none.
Fuente: Culture, Behavior, Beauty, Books, Art, Eloquence, Power, Wealth, Illusions
Contexto: Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to it, — else it is none. The doctrine of hatred must be preached as the counteraction of the doctrine of love when that pules and whines. I shun father and mother and wife and brother, when my genius calls me. I would write on the lintels of the door-post, Whim. I hope it is somewhat better than whim at last, but we cannot spend the day in explanation. Expect me not to show cause why I seek or why I exclude company.
Fuente: Nature and Selected Essays
Fuente: Self-Reliance and Other Essays
Borrowing From the French http://www.humanitiesweb.org/human.php?s=l&p=c&a=p&ID=20649&c=323 <br class="br">1860s, May-Day and Other Pieces (1867)