How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUWhat you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.
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I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life.
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We are born as innocents. We are polluted by advice.
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A lake is a landscape’s most beautiful and expressive feature. It is Earth’s eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature.
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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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Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
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Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.
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Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.
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If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.
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A truly good book teaches me better than to read it.
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I make myself rich by making my wants few.
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Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself.
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Write while the heat is in you.
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Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’s eyes for an instant?
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An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.
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