Quotes of Henry David Thoreau

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Music is perpetual, and only the hearing is intermittent.

- Henry David Thoreau

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“ My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it. ”

- Mark Twain

“ The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe, yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope. ”

- Timothy Keller

“ To touch the soul of another human being is to walk on holy ground. ”

- Stephen Covey

“ If I envision a just, fair future, I must behave justly and fairly today. ”

- Elena Aguilar

“ I felt overwhelmed. I didn’t expect a first kiss to be so…life altering. In a few brief moments, the rule book of my universe had been rewritten. Suddenly I was a brand new person. I was as fragile as a newborn, but instead of the doctor placing me in my mother’s arms, he’d put me in Ren’s. What would Ren do with me? Would he draw me near, soothe me, and teach me about this new world or would he reject me and tell the doctor there must be some mistake. There was no way to know. What a breakable and delicate thing a heart was, no wonder I’d kept mine locked away. ”

- Colleen Houck

“ For men, I think, love is a thing formed of equal parts lust and astonishment. The astonishment part women understand. The lust part they only think they understand. ”

- Stephen King

“ Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself. ”

- Andrew Carnegie

“ Unless you love someone, nothing else makes sense. ”

- e.e. cummings

“ Close your eyes, take your time and listen. ”

- Maxime Lagacé

“ If you sow kindness, you will reap love. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ If you suddenly stumble upon the right door, you will not be able to recognize that it is right. ”

- Osho

“ A good idea always attracts other good ideas. ”

- Patrick Ness

“ The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why ”

- Mark Twain

“ Eleanor was right. She never looked nice. She looked like art, and art wasn't supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something. ”

- Rainbow Rowell

“ When you love someone, you say their name different. Like it's safe inside your mouth. ”

- Jodi Picoult

“ When people think they know you and put you in a box, keep growing and give them the box. ”

- Jackie Griffin

“ The sun shall always rise upon a new day and there shall always be a rose garden within me. Yes, there is a part of me that is broken, but my broken soil gives way to my wild roses. ”

- C. JoyBell C.

“ As powerful as your genetic combination is in determining the outcome of your life, your decisions are more powerful. You will ultimately look like your decisions. ”

- Kingsley Opuwari Manuel

“ Armed with positive thoughts, it becomes easier to focus on your goals, while the opposite also holds true. ”

- Stephen Richards

“ Love cannot be hidden. It even shines in the darkest places." ~ Carla Olson Gade, The Shadow Catcher's Daughter ”

- Carla Olson Gade

“ Tragedy and adversary are the stones we sharpen our swords against so we can fight new battles. ”

- Sherrilyn Kenyon

“ The purpose of life is not to be happy—but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you lived at all. ”

- Leo Rosten

“ Never apologize for burning too brightly or collapsing into yourself every night. That is how galaxies are made. ”

- Tyler Kent White

“ This new day is too dear, with its hopes and invitations, to waste a moment on the yesterdays. ”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson