It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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Nothing is so much to be feared as fear

Nothing is so much to be feared as fear

What's the use of a fine house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to...

What's the use of a fine house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to...

How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading...

How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading...

As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I...

As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I...

Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit,...

Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit,...

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.

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

The bluebird carries the sky on his back.

The bluebird carries the sky on his back.

That government is best which governs least.

That government is best which governs least.

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,...

It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.

It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.

It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a...

It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a...

That aim in life is highest which requires the highest and finest discipline.

That aim in life is highest which requires the highest and finest discipline.

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...

Things do not change; we change.

Things do not change; we change.

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,...

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...

It is never too late to give up our prejudices.

It is never too late to give up our prejudices.

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...

A man's interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry...

A man's interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry...