I have a great deal of company in the house, especially in the morning when nobody calls.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Henry David Thoreau Quotes

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.

Fame is not just. She never finely or discriminatingly praises, but coarsely hurrahs.

Fame is not just. She never finely or discriminatingly praises, but coarsely hurrahs.

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...

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...

We hate the kindness which we understand.

We hate the kindness which we understand.

The Canadians of those days, at least, possessed a roving spirit of adventure which carried...

The Canadians of those days, at least, possessed a roving spirit of adventure which carried...

As if there were safety in stupidity alone.

As if there were safety in stupidity alone.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one...

A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one...

Men will lie on their backs, talking about the fall of man, and never make...

Men will lie on their backs, talking about the fall of man, and never make...

Thinking is only a process of talking to yourself.

Thinking is only a process of talking to yourself.

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...

It takes two to speak the truth one to speak, and another to hear.

It takes two to speak the truth one to speak, and another to hear.

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.

Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.

Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.

Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.

It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.

It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.

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

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

We must teach our children to dream with their eyes open.

We must teach our children to dream with their eyes open.

If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less...

If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less...

I've learned that everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the...

I've learned that everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the...

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that...

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that...

If your're not practicing, somebody else is, somewhere, and he'll be ready to take your...

If your're not practicing, somebody else is, somewhere, and he'll be ready to take your...