You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land, there is no other life but this.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: The Present Quotes

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...

Live the life you've dreamed.

Live the life you've dreamed.

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...

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

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

This world is but a canvas to our imagination.

This world is but a canvas to our imagination.

It is only by striving for beauty and love In all our relationships, That we...

It is only by striving for beauty and love In all our relationships, That we...

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.

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

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

The Canadians of those days, at least, possessed a roving spirit of adventure which carried...

The Canadians of those days, at least, possessed a roving spirit of adventure which carried...

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.

Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.

Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.

There is no just and serene criticism as yet.

There is no just and serene criticism as yet.

For an impenetrable shield, stand inside yourself

For an impenetrable shield, stand inside yourself

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

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...

Whatever the human law may be, neither an individual nor a nation can commit the...

Whatever the human law may be, neither an individual nor a nation can commit the...

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...

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them.

Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them.

In any culture, subculture, or family in which belief is valued above thought, and self-surrender...

In any culture, subculture, or family in which belief is valued above thought, and self-surrender...

Just like your body and lifestyle can be healthy or unhealthy, the same is true...

Just like your body and lifestyle can be healthy or unhealthy, the same is true...