I have lived some thirty years on this planet, and I have yet to hear the first syllable of valuable or even earnest advice from my seniors.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Advice Quotes

Dreams are the touchstones of our character.

Dreams are the touchstones of our character.

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the...

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the...

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.

I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy,...

I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy,...

Being is the great explainer.

Being is the great explainer.

I have climbed several higher mountains without guide or path, and have found, as might...

I have climbed several higher mountains without guide or path, and have found, as might...

Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.

Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.

In the meanest are all the materials of manhood, only they are not rightly disposed.

In the meanest are all the materials of manhood, only they are not rightly disposed.

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate...

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate...

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.

One may discover a new side to his most intimate friend when for the first...

One may discover a new side to his most intimate friend when for the first...

Our moments of inspiration are not lost though we have no particular poem to show...

Our moments of inspiration are not lost though we have no particular poem to show...

Men have a respect for scholarship and learning greatly out of proportion to the use...

Men have a respect for scholarship and learning greatly out of proportion to the use...

If you can speak what you will never hear, if you can write what you...

If you can speak what you will never hear, if you can write what you...

Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments...

Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments...

We should come home from adventures, and perils, and discoveries every day with new experience...

We should come home from adventures, and perils, and discoveries every day with new experience...

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

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

Beware of all enterprises that require a new set of clothes.

Beware of all enterprises that require a new set of clothes.

Faith never makes a confession.

Faith never makes a confession.

Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes...

Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes...