Henry David Thoreau on failure
“Men are born to succeed, not to fail.”
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Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau I make myself rich by making my wants few.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau If you want to be happy, be!
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau I love to be alone.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau We are born as innocents. We are polluted by advice.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau Renew thyself completely each day.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau Go confidently in the direction of your dreams!
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. But do not care to convince him. Men will believe what they see. Let them see.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau All men want, not something to do with, but something to do, or rather something to be.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau The path of least resistance leads to crooked rivers and crooked men.
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