"I learned this, at least, by my experiment; that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he h...

It is not enough to be busy so are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?
~ Henry David Thoreau ~












More Henry David Thoreau quotes
"If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams and endeavours to live the life which he has imagined he will meet with a success unexpec...
"We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success.
"In the long run men hit only what they aim at. Therefore though they should fall immediately they had better aim at something high.
"Life in us is like the water in a river.
"Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.
"Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.
"If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with the conscious design of doing me good, I should run for my life.
"If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams and endeavors to live the life which he has imaged he will meet with success unexpected i...
"In what concerns you much, do not think that you have companions: know that you are alone in the world.
"I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself than this incessant business.
"Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind.
"Not only must we be good but we must also be good for something.
"There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it and no happiness in any place except what you bring to it yourself.
"What is called genius is the abundance of life and health.