I Know Of No More Encouraging Fact Than The Unquestioned Ability Of A Man To Elevate His Life By Conscious Endeavor.
- Henry David Thoreau
When Some Of My Friends Have Asked Me Anxiously About Their Boys, Whether They Should Let Them Hunt, I Have Answered Yes– Remembering That It Was One Of The Best Parts Of My Education– Make Them Hunters.
When A Dog Runs At You, Whistle For Him.
Go Confidently In The Direction Of Your Dreams! Live The Life You’ve Imagined. As You Simplify Your Life, The Laws Of The Universe Will Be Simpler.
Every Generation Laughs At The Old Fashions, But Follows Religiously The New.
The Price Of Anything Is The Amount Of Life You Exchange For It
Things Do Not Change; We Change.
It Is Never Too Late To Give Up Our Prejudices.
There Is No Remedy For Love But To Love More.
Many Go Fishing Without Knowing It Is Fish They Are After.
The Character Inherent In The American People Has Done All That Has Been Accomplished; And It Would Have Done Somewhat More, If The Government Had Not Sometimes Got In Its Way.
I Once Had A Sparrow Alight Upon My Shoulder For A Moment, While I Was Hoeing In A Village Garden, And I Felt That I Was More Distinguished By That Circumstance That I Should Have Been By Any Epaulet I Could Have Worn.
Do Not Hire A Man Who Does Your Work For Money, But Him Who Does It For Love Of It.
Man Is The Artificer Of His Own Happiness.
Every Man Is The Builder Of A Temple Called His Body.
Happiness Is Like A Butterfly. The More You Chase It, The More It Eludes You. But If You Turn Your Attention To Other Things, It Comes And Sits Softly On Your Shoulder.
In Wildness Is The Preservation Of The World.
It Is Pleasant To Have Been To A Place The Way A River Went.
How Vain It Is To Sit Down To Write When You Have Not Stood Up To Live.
We Cannot But Pity The Boy Who Has Never Fired A Gun; He Is No More Humane, While His Education Has Been Sadly Neglected.
How Many A Man Has Dated A New Era In His Life From The Reading Of A Book.
Men Are Born To Succeed, Not Fail.
He Enjoys True Leisure Who Has Time To Improve His Soul’s Estate.
Do Not Be Too Moral. You May Cheat Yourself Out Of Much Life. Aim Above Morality. Be Not Simply Good; Be Good For Something.
Aim Above Morality. Be Not Simply Good; Be Good For Something.
Success Usually Comes To Those Who Are Too Busy To Be Looking For It.
[Water Is] The Only Drink For A Wise Man.
What Is The Use Of A House If You Haven’t Got A Tolerable Planet To Put It On?
Rather Than Love, Than Money, Than Fame, Give Me Truth.
I Stand In Awe Of My Body.
Under A Government Which Imprisons Unjustly, The True Place For A Just Man Is Also A Prison.
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