Quote of Henry David Thoreau - I have learned, that if one...
Biography - Henry David Thoreau:
American essayist, poet and philosopher.
Born: 1817 - Died: 1862
Period:
19th century
Place of birth: United States
Born: 1817 - Died: 1862
Period:
19th century
Place of birth: United States
I have learned, that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
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Quotes about life:
And life itself confided this secret to me: "Behold," it said, "I am that which must always overcome itself.
Quotes for: to learn
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.
He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.”
What experience and history teach is this — that people and governments never have learned anything from history, or acted on principles deduced from it.
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Quotes for: dream
The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the mind.
Quotes for: experience
What experience and history teach is this — that people and governments never have learned anything from history, or acted on principles deduced from it.
Quotes for: success
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