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

I would give all the wealth of the world, and all the deeds of all...

I would give all the wealth of the world, and all the deeds of all...

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.

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...

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them...

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them...

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

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

The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns...

The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns...

It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a...

It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a...

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...

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

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

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

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.

What is called genius is the abundance of life and health.

What is called genius is the abundance of life and health.

Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something.

Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something.

My Aunt Maria asked me to read the life of Dr. Chalmers, which, however, I...

My Aunt Maria asked me to read the life of Dr. Chalmers, which, however, I...

It takes two to speak the truth one to speak, and another to hear.

It takes two to speak the truth one to speak, and another to hear.

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...

Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.

Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.

Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.

Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.

Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift...

Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift...

People come and go, but God won't let us go.

People come and go, but God won't let us go.