I would give all the wealth of the world, and all the deeds of all the heroes, for one true vision.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Heroism Quotes

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...

I say beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new...

I say beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new...

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...

We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the...

We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the...

It is too late to be studying Hebrew; it is more important to understand even...

It is too late to be studying Hebrew; it is more important to understand even...

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

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

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth

Measure your health by your sympathy with morning and Spring. If there is no response...

Measure your health by your sympathy with morning and Spring. If there is no response...

In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when...

In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when...

Be not simply good - be good for something.

Be not simply good - be good for something.

If it is surely the means to the highest end we know, can any work...

If it is surely the means to the highest end we know, can any work...

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...

Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where...

Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where...

The savage in man is never quite eradicated.

The savage in man is never quite eradicated.

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 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.

Public opinion is a weak tyrant, compared with our private opinion - what a man...

Public opinion is a weak tyrant, compared with our private opinion - what a man...

Books are to be distinguished by the grandeur of their topics even more than by...

Books are to be distinguished by the grandeur of their topics even more than by...

I have been as sincere a worshipper of Aurora as the Greeks.

I have been as sincere a worshipper of Aurora as the Greeks.

To have done anything just for money is to have been truly idle.

To have done anything just for money is to have been truly idle.