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

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.

As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will...

As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will...

Most are engaged in business the greater part of their lives, because the soul abhors...

Most are engaged in business the greater part of their lives, because the soul abhors...

The way by which you may get money almost without exception leads downward.

The way by which you may get money almost without exception leads downward.

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.

The squirrel that you kill in jest, dies in earnest.

The squirrel that you kill in jest, dies in earnest.

Life does not require us to make good; it asks only that we give our...

Life does not require us to make good; it asks only that we give our...

Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only...

Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only...

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined

We should come home from adventures, and perils, and discoveries every day with new experience...

We should come home from adventures, and perils, and discoveries every day with new experience...

Our moments of inspiration are not lost though we have no particular poem to show...

Our moments of inspiration are not lost though we have no particular poem to show...

Behave so the aroma of your actions may enhance the general sweetness of the atmosphere.

Behave so the aroma of your actions may enhance the general sweetness of the atmosphere.

Some are reputed sick and some are not. It often happens that the sicker man...

Some are reputed sick and some are not. It often happens that the sicker man...

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...

Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by...

Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by...

Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.

Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.

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...

I was not designed to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let...

I was not designed to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let...

Force is the antithesis of freedom, but force must be used, if only to defend...

Force is the antithesis of freedom, but force must be used, if only to defend...

When I investigate and when I discover that the forces of the heavens and the...

When I investigate and when I discover that the forces of the heavens and the...

The problem with people is that they're only human.

The problem with people is that they're only human.

You are not a beautiful and unique snowflake. You are the same decaying organic matter...

You are not a beautiful and unique snowflake. You are the same decaying organic matter...

We must be both more conservative and more liberal than most students of Christian worship:...

We must be both more conservative and more liberal than most students of Christian worship:...

I know I am beautiful. I know I am strong. Because I love myself, and...

I know I am beautiful. I know I am strong. Because I love myself, and...

Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter...

Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter...