Life does not require us to make good; it asks only that we give our best at each level of experience.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Experience Quotes, Life Quotes

There is more of good nature than of good sense at the bottom of most...

There is more of good nature than of good sense at the bottom of most...

I lose my respect for the man who can make the mystery of sex the...

I lose my respect for the man who can make the mystery of sex the...

Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.

Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.

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...

Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes...

Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes...

We are not what we are, nor do we treat or esteem each other for...

We are not what we are, nor do we treat or esteem each other for...

Before printing was discovered, a century was equal to a thousand years.

Before printing was discovered, a century was equal to a thousand years.

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...

Give me the poverty that enjoys true wealth.

Give me the poverty that enjoys true wealth.

Where there is an observatory and a telescope, we expect that any eyes will see...

Where there is an observatory and a telescope, we expect that any eyes will see...

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

Water is the only drink for a wise man.

Water is the only drink for a wise man.

It is the greatest of all advantages to enjoy no advantage at all.

It is the greatest of all advantages to enjoy no advantage at all.

There is no remedy for love but to love more.

There is no remedy for love but to love more.

The Artist is he who detects and applies the law from observation of the works...

The Artist is he who detects and applies the law from observation of the works...

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

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...

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

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

Whenever you make a mistake or get knocked down by life, don't look back at...

Whenever you make a mistake or get knocked down by life, don't look back at...

Let's run away together and never look back.

Let's run away together and never look back.