More from Henry David Thoreau
Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau 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
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Someone rejected you does not mean you are not worthy. Maybe they can’t afford to be with you.
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Melissa AndersonMelissa Anderson Maybe if you hold me tight, our love won’t be as shallow.
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Jessica CollinsJessica Collins Between day and night there was a moment of silence.
Frode GaslandFrode Gasland But doesn’t it hurt to feel so much and pretend not to?
Brad NeatonBrad Neaton Admire your sweet way of glowing; your passionate way of flowing.
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One person can change the world.
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Bill GatesBill Gates Every new change forces all the companies in an industry to adapt their strategies to that change.
Bill GatesBill Gates The past is obdurate.
Stephen KingStephen King I had a lot of resistance, and not just to fame. I was always conscious of not changing.
J. ColeJ. Cole If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten.
Tony RobbinsTony Robbins Poetry is not only dream and vision; it is the skeleton architecture of our lives. It lays the foundations for a future of change, a bridge across our fears of what has never been before.
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