Quotes of Henry David Thoreau

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Drive a nail home and clinch it so faithfully that you can wake up in the night and think of your work with satisfaction — a work at which you would not be ashamed to invoke the Muse.

- Henry David Thoreau

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“ Love is the beauty of the soul. ”

- Augustine of Hippo

“ In the deepest hour of the night, confess to yourself that you would die if you were forbidden to write. And look deep into your heart where it spreads its roots, the answer, and ask yourself, must I write? ”

- Rainer Maria Rilke

“ Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall. ”

- Confucius

“ I am convinced that one should tell one's spiritual director if one has a great desire for Communion, for Our Lord does not come from Heaven every day to stay in a golden ciborium; He comes to find another heaven, the heaven of our soul in which He loves to dwell. ”

- St. Therese of Lisieux

“ Our own selfesteem is something we can actually twist in whatever way we want. ”

- Stephen Richards

“ We need hearts with restored empathy And homes with restored hope ”

- Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

“ Freedom comes from a sense of empowerment. ”

- Amy Leigh Mercree

“ It is easier to believe a lie than to claim parts of you that have been scattered and buried. Your willingness to search for what's been lost merely points to how immensely powerful you are. ”

- Kirstyn Lazur

“ Your past, including your failures, simply offers feedback that makes you wiser and stronger than before. ”

- Brittany Burgunder

“ Your environment will eat your goals and plans for breakfast. ”

- Steve Pavlina

“ What you meet in another being is the projection of your own level of evolution. ”

- Ram Dass

“ Damn right you are. Tinley, you know I love you, and I want nothing but the best for you. But you are only as capable as you believe you are. I know you could do anything you want to in this world, but you have to want it and tell yourself you can actually do it. Stop second guessing yourself and let yourself live. Truly live. ”

- Alexandria Bishop

“ I don't think you should wait. I think you should speak now. ”

- Taylor Swift

“ Sometimes, change is what we need to retain our sanity. ”

- Life

“ But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires: To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night. To know the pain of too much tenderness. To be wounded by your own understanding of love; And to bleed willingly and joyfully. To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving; To rest at noon hour and meditate love's ecstasy; To return home at eventide with gratitude; And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise on your lips. ”

- Kahlil Gibran

“ To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others. ”

- Anne Sophie Swetchine

“ God does not ask about our ability, but our availability. ”

- Unknown

“ To love oneself is the beginning of a life long romance. ”

- Oscar Wilde

“ When you know my love, my love will warm you. ”

- Ruby Dee

“ It’s time to care; it’s time to take responsibility; it’s time to lead; it’s time for a change; it’s time to be true to our greatest self; it’s time to stop blaming others. ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right. ”

- Abraham Lincoln

“ Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love. ”

- Mother Teresa

“ We werent exactly lovers yet, But we were a little more then friends. We just kept meeting at the wrong time, but our connection never ends. ”

- Nikki Rowe

“ I know that the whole point—the only point—is to find the things that matter, and hold on to them, and fight for them, and refuse to let them go. ”

- Lauren Oliver