If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Friendship Quotes

There is but one stage for the peasant and the actor.

There is but one stage for the peasant and the actor.

In wilderness is the preservation of the world.

In wilderness is the preservation of the world.

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...

Government never furthered any enterprise but by the alacrity with which it got out of...

Government never furthered any enterprise but by the alacrity with which it got out of...

I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the...

I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the...

Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions. Who shall say what...

Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions. Who shall say what...

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

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

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...

That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.

That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.

Dreams are the touchstones of our character.

Dreams are the touchstones of our character.

'Tis healthy to be sick sometimes.

'Tis healthy to be sick sometimes.

The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must...

The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must...

The government of the world I live in was not framed, like that of Britain,...

The government of the world I live in was not framed, like that of Britain,...

The lawyer's truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency.

The lawyer's truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency.

Shall I not have intelligence with the earth? Am I not partly leaves and vegetable...

Shall I not have intelligence with the earth? Am I not partly leaves and vegetable...

I have received no more than one or two letters in my life that were...

I have received no more than one or two letters in my life that were...

Politics is the gizzard of society, full of grit and gravel, and the two political...

Politics is the gizzard of society, full of grit and gravel, and the two political...

In my afternoon walk I would fain forget all my morning occupations and my obligations...

In my afternoon walk I would fain forget all my morning occupations and my obligations...

Men are born to succeed, not to fail.

Men are born to succeed, not to fail.

As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single...

As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single...