Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Cheating Quotes

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

A man may acquire a taste for wine or brandy, and so lose his love...

A man may acquire a taste for wine or brandy, and so lose his love...

Simplify, simplify.

Simplify, simplify.

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

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

I have received no more than one or two letters in my life that were...

I have received no more than one or two letters in my life that were...

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...

Men are born to succeed, not to fail.

Men are born to succeed, not to fail.

Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.

Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.

Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it...

Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it...

I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for...

I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for...

There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking...

There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking...

I have learned, that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and...

I have learned, that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and...

They will wait, well disposed, for others to remedy evil, that they may no longer...

They will wait, well disposed, for others to remedy evil, that they may no longer...

Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we...

Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we...

Life does not require us to make good; it asks only that we give our...

Life does not require us to make good; it asks only that we give our...

All endeavor calls for the ability to tramp the last mile, shape the last plan,...

All endeavor calls for the ability to tramp the last mile, shape the last plan,...

Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.

Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream

All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses...

All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses...