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

We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the...

We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the...

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

The law will never make a man free; it is men who have got to...

The law will never make a man free; it is men who have got to...

It is easier to sail many thousand miles through cold and storm and cannibals, in...

It is easier to sail many thousand miles through cold and storm and cannibals, in...

It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

Nothing is so much to be feared as fear

Nothing is so much to be feared as fear

There is more of good nature than of good sense at the bottom of most...

There is more of good nature than of good sense at the bottom of most...

If you can speak what you will never hear, if you can write what you...

If you can speak what you will never hear, if you can write what you...

Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we...

Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we...

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...

Ignorance and bungling with love are better than wisdom and skill without.

Ignorance and bungling with love are better than wisdom and skill without.

It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.

It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.

It is never too late to give up your prejudices

It is never too late to give up your prejudices

I belive that there is a subtile magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield...

I belive that there is a subtile magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield...

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...

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions. Who shall say what...

Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions. Who shall say what...

An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.

An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.

To have done anything just for money is to have been truly idle.

To have done anything just for money is to have been truly idle.

There is but one stage for the peasant and the actor.

There is but one stage for the peasant and the actor.