What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUNot till we are lost, in other words not till we have lost the world, do we begin to find ourselves, and realize where we are and the infinite extent of our relations.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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I can alter my life by altering my attitude. He who would have nothing to do with thorns must never attempt to gather flowers.
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Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.
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Be resolutely and faithfully what you are; be humbly what you aspire to be.
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A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener.
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If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears, however measured or far away.
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I was not born to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let us see who is the strongest.
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It is not worth the while to let our imperfections disturb us always.
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Renew thyself completely each day.
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It is never too late to give up your prejudices.
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Not till we are lost, in other words not till we have lost the world, do we begin to find ourselves, and realize where we are and the infinite extent of our relations.
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All men want, not something to do with, but something to do, or rather something to be.
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The universe is wider than our views of it.
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The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.
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I have an immense appetite for solitude, like an infant for sleep, and if I don’t get enough for this year, I shall cry all the next.
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We are constantly invited to be what we are.
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