I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavours to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. He…

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Direction Quotes, Dreams Quotes

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...

Behave so the aroma of your actions may enhance the general sweetness of the atmosphere.

Behave so the aroma of your actions may enhance the general sweetness of the atmosphere.

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

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

Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one...

Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one...

As if there were safety in stupidity alone.

As if there were safety in stupidity alone.

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them...

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them...

All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.

All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.

Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it,...

Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it,...

It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.

It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.

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

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

I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude

I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude

Things do not change; we change.

Things do not change; we change.

Do what nobody else can do for you. Omit to do anything else.

Do what nobody else can do for you. Omit to do anything else.

There is no remedy for love than to love more.

There is no remedy for love than to love more.

What is once well done is done forever.

What is once well done is done forever.

Dreams are the touchstones of our character.

Dreams are the touchstones of our character.

Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only...

Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only...

How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up...

How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up...

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...

There is no rule more invariable than that we are paid for our suspicions by...

There is no rule more invariable than that we are paid for our suspicions by...