The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.
Interpretation
A person of great intellect motivates us to believe in our own abilities.
Ralph Waldo Emerson emphasizes the transformative power of genius in motivating and instilling faith in the potential of others. When we encounter individuals who exhibit exceptional talent or creativity, they often encourage us to recognize and unleash our own capabilities, showcasing the interconnectedness of human potential and inspiration.
In practice
Use this quote during a motivational talk to inspire students about their capabilities.
It is plain that there is no separate essence called courage, no cup or cell in the brain, no vessel in the heart containing drops or atoms that make or give this virtue; but it is the right or healthy state of every man, when he is free to do that which is constitutional to him to do.
Few people have any next, they live from hand to mouth without a plan, and are always at the end of their line.
Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations
Tis the good reader that makes the good book; a good head cannot read amiss: in every book he finds passages which seem confidences or asides hidden from all else and unmistakeably meant for his ear.
The world belongs to the energetic.
Hast thou named all the birds without a gun?
I think the greatest legacy of the 1960s was the general feeling that not only can you fight the powers that be, but you can win.
When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome. Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy: true fulfillment. What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail?
I think that young women and little girls need to see that they don't have to be the damsel in distress. They don't have to not show their strength. They don't have to be whatever the stereotype is or the tropes that we go to in our minds.
blessing the boats (at saint maryβs) may the tide that is entering even now the lip of our understanding carry you out beyond the face of fear may you kiss the wind then turn from it certain that it will love your back may you open your eyes to water water waving forever and may you in your innocence sail through this to that
There is, for me, as a black woman, as an African woman, a sense of possibility in America that I don't feel when I'm in Europe.
An evangelizer must never look like someone who has just come back from a funeral.
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