"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...












Men are born to succeed, not to fail.
More Henry David Thoreau quotes
"We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success.
"The animal merely makes a bed, which he warms with his body in a sheltered place; but man, having discovered fire, boxes up some air in a spacious apa...
"Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.
"Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes.
"The world is but a canvas for our imagination
"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...
"The youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon, or, perchance, a palace or temple on the earth, and, at length, the middle-aged m...
"It is not enough to be busy so are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?
"Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.
"If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpect...
"They who suspect a Mephistophiles, or sneering, satirical devil, under all, have not learned the secret of true humor, which sympathizes with gods the...
"The true price of anything you do is the amount of time you exchange for it.
"Knowledge does not come to us by details, but in flashes of light from heaven.