"The heroic man does not pose; he..." - Quote by Elbert Hubbard
The heroic man does not pose; he leaves that for the man who wishes to be thought heroic.
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“Old ways will always remain unless some one invents a new way and then lives and dies for it”
“How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success.”
“There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.”
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“The first key to greatness is to be in reality what we appear to be.”
“Be yourself and think for yourself, and while your conclusions may not be infallible they will be nearer right than the inclusions forced upon you by those who have a personal interest in keeping you in ignorance.”
“To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.”
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“The very dogs that sullenly bay the moon from farm-yards in these nights excite more heroism in our breasts than all the civil exhortations or war sermons of the age.”
“I think of few heroic actions, which cannot be traced to the artistical impulse. He who does great deeds, does them from his innate sensitiveness to moral beauty.”
“The hero draws inspiration from the virtue of his ancestors.”