Quotes by Thoreau, Henry David

Sometimes we are inclined to class those who are once-and-a-half witte >>

The mass never comes up to the standard of its best member, but on the >>

Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something. >>

Quotations about Action

Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person. >>

No, Ernest, don't talk about action. It is the last resource of those >>

Act like you expect to get into the end zone. >>

I did not wish to take a cabin passage, but rather to go before the mast and on the deck of the world, for there I could best see the moonlight amid the mountains. I do not wish to go below now.

Thoreau, Henry David