Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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Beware of all enterprises that require a new set of clothes.

Beware of all enterprises that require a new set of clothes.

If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?

If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?

Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he...

Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he...

He is blessed over all mortals who loses no moment of the passing life in...

He is blessed over all mortals who loses no moment of the passing life in...

Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.

Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

This American government what is it but a tradition, though a recent one, endeavoring to...

This American government what is it but a tradition, though a recent one, endeavoring to...

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish...

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish...

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,...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate...

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate...

Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.

Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.

Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than...

Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than...

I have lived some thirty years on this planet, and I have yet to hear...

I have lived some thirty years on this planet, and I have yet to hear...

We should distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

We should distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

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.

We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by...

We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by...