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, Desperation Quotes, Success Quotes

All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to...

All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to...

I had three chairs in my house: one for solitude, two for friendship, three for...

I had three chairs in my house: one for solitude, two for friendship, three for...

That man is rich whose pleasures are the cheapest.

That man is rich whose pleasures are the cheapest.

In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when...

In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when...

Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. Do not trouble yourself to get new...

Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. Do not trouble yourself to get new...

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...

Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with...

Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with...

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...

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 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...

Great men, unknown to their generation, have their fame among the great who have preceded...

Great men, unknown to their generation, have their fame among the great who have preceded...

The kindness I have longest remembered has been of this sort, the sort unsaid; so...

The kindness I have longest remembered has been of this sort, the sort unsaid; so...

Front yards are not made to walk in, but, at most, through, and you could...

Front yards are not made to walk in, but, at most, through, and you could...

A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man's life as in a...

A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man's life as in a...

If... the machine of government... is of such a nature that it requires you to...

If... the machine of government... is of such a nature that it requires you to...

There is one consolation in being sick; and that is the possibility that you may...

There is one consolation in being sick; and that is the possibility that you may...

Men are born to succeed, not to fail.

Men are born to succeed, not to fail.

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that...

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that...

Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us.

Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us.

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in...

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in...

In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.

In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.