"A man is a hero, not because..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The secret is the answer to all that has been, all that is, and all that will ever be.”

“There is no way to success in art but to take off your coat, grind paint, and work like a digger on the railroad, all day and every day.”

“Manners are the happy ways of doing things; each one a stroke of genius or of love, now repeated and hardened into usage, they form at last a rich varnish, with which the routine of life is washed, and its details adorned. If they are superficial, so are the dew-drops which give such a depth to the morning meadows.”

“A hero is a man who is afraid to run away.”

“Love of glory, fear of shame, greed for fortune, the desire to make life agreeable and comfortable, and the wish to depreciate others - all of these are often the causes of the bravery that is spoken so highly of by men.”

“For a brave man deserves a well-endowed girl.”

“Heroism feels and never reasons, and therefore is always right.”

“And each man stands with his face in the light. Of his own drawn sword, ready to do what a hero can.”

“The most stirring battle-poem in English is about a brigade of cavalry which charged in the wrong direction.”