Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Henry David Thoreau Quotes

Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than...

Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than...

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the...

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the...

Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they...

Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they...

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...

Love must be as much a light, as it is a flame.

Love must be as much a light, as it is a flame.

We have not so good a right to hate any as our Friend.

We have not so good a right to hate any as our Friend.

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined!

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined!

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...

Sacrificing your happiness for the happiness of the one you love, is by far, the...

Sacrificing your happiness for the happiness of the one you love, is by far, the...

I was more independent than any farmer in Concord, for I was not anchored to...

I was more independent than any farmer in Concord, for I was not anchored to...

It is never too late to give up your prejudices

It is never too late to give up your prejudices

The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns...

The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns...

Being is the great explainer.

Being is the great explainer.

Nothing is so much to be feared as fear

Nothing is so much to be feared as fear

As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I...

As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I...

Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and...

Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and...

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it..

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it..

A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man's life as in a...

A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man's life as in a...

What old people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can. Old...

What old people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can. Old...

How can any man be weak who dares to be at all?

How can any man be weak who dares to be at all?