Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises? If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Business Quotes, Success Quotes

The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend. I...

The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend. I...

While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who...

While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who...

The savage in man is never quite eradicated.

The savage in man is never quite eradicated.

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.

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...

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...

To say that a man is your Friend, means commonly no more than this, that...

To say that a man is your Friend, means commonly no more than this, that...

As if there were safety in stupidity alone

As if there were safety in stupidity alone

Do not lose hold of your dreams or aspirations. For if you do, you may...

Do not lose hold of your dreams or aspirations. For if you do, you may...

How could youths better learn to live than by at once trying the experiment of...

How could youths better learn to live than by at once trying the experiment of...

The works of the great poets have never yet been read by mankind, for only...

The works of the great poets have never yet been read by mankind, for only...

Morality is how you go about getting what you want without screwing anybody to get...

Morality is how you go about getting what you want without screwing anybody to get...

Our life is frittered away by detail... simplify, simplify.

Our life is frittered away by detail... simplify, simplify.

Music does bring people together. It allows us to experience the same emotions. People everywhere...

Music does bring people together. It allows us to experience the same emotions. People everywhere...

All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.

All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.

A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay...

A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay...

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...

The heart is forever inexperienced.

The heart is forever inexperienced.

It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for...

It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for...

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...