Ralph Waldo Emerson Military Quotes

• Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success. When you do a thing, do it with all your might. Put your whole soul into it. Stamp it with your own personality. Be active, be energetic, be enthusiastic and faithful, and you will accomplish your object. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Motivational, Powerful

• America means opportunity, freedom, power.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Military, Mean, Opportunity

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Ralph H. Orth, Glen M. Johnson (1994). “The Topical Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.285, University of Missouri Press

• 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.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Attitude, Military, Hero

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2012). “The Selected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.80, Graphic Arts Books

• Heroism feels and never reasons, and therefore is always right.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Military, Hero, History

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.374, Library of America

• Obedience alone gives the right to command.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Military, Giving, Obedience

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2010). “The Later Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1843-1871”, p.298, University of Georgia Press

• When duty whispers low, Thou must, The youth replies, I can.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Military, Youth, Lows

  "Voluntaries" no. 3 (1867)

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