It is easier to sail many thousand miles through cold and storm and cannibals, in a government ship, with five hundred men and boys to assist one, than it is to explore the private sea, the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean…

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Government Quotes

What is once well done is done forever.

What is once well done is done forever.

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

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

We were born to succeed, not to fail.

We were born to succeed, not to fail.

Fire is the most tolerable third party

Fire is the most tolerable third party

It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they...

It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they...

Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim...

Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim...

Visit the Navy-Yard, and behold a marine, such a man as an American government can...

Visit the Navy-Yard, and behold a marine, such a man as an American government can...

We should distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

We should distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

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,...

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 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...

Generally speaking, a howling wilderness does not howl: it is the imagination of the traveler...

Generally speaking, a howling wilderness does not howl: it is the imagination of the traveler...

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined

Glances of true beauty can be seen in the faces of those who live in...

Glances of true beauty can be seen in the faces of those who live in...

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

It is true, I never assisted the sun materially in his rising, but doubt not,...

It is true, I never assisted the sun materially in his rising, but doubt not,...

In eternity there is indeed something true and sublime. But all these times and places...

In eternity there is indeed something true and sublime. But all these times and places...

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

And therefore is the outward beauty a true sign of the inward goodness, and in...

And therefore is the outward beauty a true sign of the inward goodness, and in...

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches,...

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches,...