Henry David Thoreau

In my opinion, the sun was made to light worthier toil than this. ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

#labor #work #life

None can be an impartial or wise observer of human life but from the vantage ground of what we should call voluntary poverty. ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

#life

In what concerns you much, do not think that you have companions: know that you are alone in the world. ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

#life #life

It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see. ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

#success #life

It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they were divested of their clothes. ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

#men

In the long run men only hit what they aim at. Therefore, though they should fail immediately, they had better aim at something high. ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

#goals #inspirational #motivational #inspirational

To be awake is to be alive. ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

#nature #walden #nature

I have learned, that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

#dreams

Live the life you've dreamed. ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

#dreams

Be it life or death, we crave only reality. If we are really dying, let us hear the rattle in our throats and feel the cold in the extremities; if we are alive, let us go about our business. ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

#business