All endeavor calls for the ability to tramp the last mile, shape the last plan, endure the last hours toil. The fight to the finish spirit is the one... characteristic we must posses if we are to face the future…

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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I belive that there is a subtile magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield...

I belive that there is a subtile magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield...

I say beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new...

I say beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new...

I only desire sincere relations with the worthiest of my acquaintance, that they may give...

I only desire sincere relations with the worthiest of my acquaintance, that they may give...

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them...

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them...

Fire is the most tolerable third party

Fire is the most tolerable third party

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.

Experience is in the fingers and head. The heart is inexperienced.

Experience is in the fingers and head. The heart is inexperienced.

I have lately been surveying the Walden woods so extensively and minutely that I now...

I have lately been surveying the Walden woods so extensively and minutely that I now...

It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

It is never too late to give up our prejudices.

It is never too late to give up our prejudices.

The man who is dissatisfied with himself, what can he do?

The man who is dissatisfied with himself, what can he do?

Every child begins the world again.

Every child begins the world again.

Law never made men a whit more just.

Law never made men a whit more just.

If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to...

If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to...

There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure...

There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure...

It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a...

It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a...

I should be pleased to meet man in the woods. I wish he were to...

I should be pleased to meet man in the woods. I wish he were to...

There is no rule more invariable than that we are paid for our suspicions by...

There is no rule more invariable than that we are paid for our suspicions by...

I have thought there was some advantage even in death, by which we mingle with...

I have thought there was some advantage even in death, by which we mingle with...

We are not what we are, nor do we treat or esteem each other for...

We are not what we are, nor do we treat or esteem each other for...