homepage     bookmark     set as homepage     send to a friend

Free Famous Quotes  

henry david thoreau quotations - Free Famous Quotes

 

 

Henry David Thoreau
US Transcendentalist author (1817 - 1862)

below is a list of  henry david thoreau quotes, sorted by popularity
 

It is pleasant to have been to a place the way a river went.

 

What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.

 

Any fool can make a rule,
and any fool will mind it.

 

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.

 
 

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

 

Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed in them.

 

If one advances confidently in the direction of one΄s dreams, and endeavors to live the life which one has imagined, one will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.

 

Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each.

 
Total quotes: 35

view page:  1  2  3  4  5  

 
henry david thoreau quotations - Free Famous Quotes Homepage
Your source for quotations from famous people and literature.
Search or browse over 5,000 quotations from hundreds of authors.
© 2005~2009 FreeFamousQuotes.net - Privacy Policy - All rights reserved