Quotes of Henry David Thoreau

somelinesforyou_157941940694.jpg

He is the best sailor who can steer within the fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power out of the greatest obstacles.

- Henry David Thoreau

Make your own quote image here

Note* For better image experience, you need to upload a desktop layout image, it means horizontal layout, not vertical layout.

“ Our great human adventure is the evolution of consciousness. We are in this life to enlarge the soul, liberate the spirit, and light up the brain. ”

- Tom Robbins

“ After all, when you come right down to it, how many people speak the same language even when they speak the same language? ”

- Russell Hoban

“ Getting an idea should be like sitting down on a pin. It should make you jump up and do something. ”

- E. L. Simpson

“ I would die for you. But I won't live for you. ”

- Stephen Chbosky

“ Tell me then, does love make one a fool or do only fools fall in love? ”

- Orhan Pamuk

“ Money can buy you a fine dog, but only love can make him wag his tail. ”

- Ellen DeGeneres

“ Uncertainty will always be part of the taking charge process. ”

- Harold Geneen

“ The love we say we feel for another is, in most cases, just a selfish hunt for our own happiness. ”

- Tatjana Ostojic

“ Repentance is not at an end, Instead it’s the beginning of how it ends. ”

- Yeth Bisto

“ Dream so big you get uncomfortable telling smallminded people. ”

- Praharsh Prasoon

“ I marinate my life in gratitude, creativity and love. What about you? ”

- Francis Shenstone

“ Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great. ”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

“ I love words.  I crave descriptions that overwhelm my imagination with vivid detail.  I dwell on phrases that make my heart thrum.  I cherish expressions that pierce my emotions and force the tears to spill over.   In essence, I long for a writer's soul sealed in ink on the page. ”

- Richelle E. Goodrich

“ Nothing can bring a real sense of security into the home except true love. ”

- Billy Graham

“ And these aches in my heart create poetry! ”

- Avijeet Das

“ Superhuman effort isn't worth a damn unless it achieves results. ”

- Ernest Shackleton

“ All things are difficult before they are easy. ”

- Thomas Fuller

“ If you are happy with the person you are becoming, and you can understand that the journey is long and the processes are slow; you are on the right track no matter what your current situation is. ”

- Joshua Lynott

“ If you are too busy to pray, you are busier than God wants you to be. ”

- Wanda E. Brunstetter

“ Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. ”

- Helen Keller

“ I wonder if you have noticed a rather rummy thing about it viz. that it is everywhere. You can't get away from it. Love, I mean. Wherever you go, there it is, buzzing along in every class of life. Quite remarkable. ”

- P. G. Wodehouse

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

- Jodi Picoult

“ Education must not simply teach work – it must teach Life. ”

- W. E. B. Du Bois

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

- Tyler Kent White