Trust yourself. Every heart vibrates to that iron string.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance (Essays: First Series, 1841)
Trust yourself. Every heart vibrates to that iron string.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance (Essays: First Series, 1841)
What it means
Emerson says self-trust is the one note everyone responds to, like a plucked string. You stop waiting for permission and act on what you know to be true. People tend to follow the person who does.
The source
"Trust yourself. Every heart vibrates to that iron string." Ralph Waldo Emerson said it in Self-Reliance (Essays: First Series, 1841). Written in English: Essays: First Series, 1841.
"Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string."Original English (Essays: First Series, 1841), Self-Reliance (Essays: First Series, 1841). Text read at gutenberg.org.
Who said it
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882). American essayist and lecturer who led the Transcendentalists. His lines here come from Nature, Self-Reliance and his Essays.
Questions
- What does "Trust yourself. Every heart vibrates to that iron string." mean?
- Emerson says self-trust is the one note everyone responds to, like a plucked string. You stop waiting for permission and act on what you know to be true. People tend to follow the person who does.
- Who said "Trust yourself. Every heart vibrates to that iron string."?
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882). Source: Self-Reliance (Essays: First Series, 1841).
- What is the original wording?
- Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string (Original English (Essays: First Series, 1841)). Written in English: Essays: First Series, 1841.
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Cite this line
"Trust yourself. Every heart vibrates to that iron string." (Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance (Essays: First Series, 1841), trans. Original English (Essays: First Series, 1841)). https://spartansurfers.com/quotes/trust-yourself-every-heart-vibrates-to-that-iron
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