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

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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To say that a man is your Friend, means commonly no more than this, that...

To say that a man is your Friend, means commonly no more than this, that...

Visit the Navy-Yard, and behold a marine, such a man as an American government can...

Visit the Navy-Yard, and behold a marine, such a man as an American government can...

Truths and roses have thorns about them.

Truths and roses have thorns about them.

It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they...

It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they...

Good for the body is the work of the body, and good for the soul...

Good for the body is the work of the body, and good for the soul...

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.

Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they...

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they...

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...

What you get by achieving your goals is to as important as what you become...

What you get by achieving your goals is to as important as what you become...

No face which we can give to a matter will stead us so well at...

No face which we can give to a matter will stead us so well at...

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

The universe is wider than our views of it.

The universe is wider than our views of it.

Men are born to succeed, not to fail.

Men are born to succeed, not to fail.

Before printing was discovered, a century was equal to a thousand years.

Before printing was discovered, a century was equal to a thousand years.

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.

Thinking is only a process of talking to yourself.

Thinking is only a process of talking to yourself.

There is no odor so bad as that which arises from goodness tainted.

There is no odor so bad as that which arises from goodness tainted.

It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate.

It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate.

Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something.

Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something.