"Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them." - Henry David Thoreau (born: 12 July 1817)
"It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see." - Henry David Thoreau (died: 6 May 1862)
"I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours." - Henry David Thoreau (born: 12 July 1817)
"What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals." - Henry David Thoreau (died: 6 May 1862)