Henry David Thoreau Quotes
Browse 24 quotes from Henry David Thoreau, featuring insights on success, personal growth, leadership, mindset, and achievement.
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“Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.”
“Every intention sets energy into motion, whether you are aware of it or not.”
“There is no remedy for love but to love more.”
“As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.”
“The world is but a canvas to the imagination.”
“If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. But do not care to convince him. Men will believe what they see. Let them see.”
“Since most of us spend our lives doing ordinary tasks, the most important thing is to carry them out extraordinarily well.”
“Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.”
“An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.”
“Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.”
“The language of friendship is not words, but meanings.”
“It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.”
“Build castles in the air, that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.”
“It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate.”
“It is not enough to be busy. The question is: what are we busy about?”
“In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better aim at something high.”
“Things do not change. We change.”
“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.”
“We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success.”
“People have become the tools of their tools.”
“The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.”
“For it matters not how small the beginning may seem to be. What is once well done, is well done forever.”
“Men are born to succeed, not fail.”
“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you have imagined.”
