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Hours Quotes by Henry David Thoreau
- All endeavor calls for the ability to tramp the last mile, shape the last plan, endure the last hours toil. The fight to the finish…
- Each new year is a surprise to us. We find that we had virtually forgotten the note of each bird, and when we hear it…
- A farmer, a hunter, a soldier, a reporter, even a philosopher, may be daunted; but nothing can deter a poet, for he is actuated by…
- I long for wildness, a nature which I cannot put my foot through, woods where the wood thrush forever sings, where the hours are early…
- 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…
- Have no mean hours, but be grateful for every hour, and accept what it brings. The reality will make any sincere record respectable.
- Every day a new picture is painted and framed, held up for half an hour, in such lights as the Great Artist chooses, and then…
- I, who cannot stay in my chamber for a single day without acquiring some rust, and when sometimes I have stolen forth for a walk…
- I am a citizen of the world first, and of this country at a later and more convenient hour.
- I would remind my countrymen, that they are to be men first, and Americans only at a late and convenient hour. No matter how valuable…
- Two or three hours' walking will carry me to as strange a country as I expect ever to see. A single farmhouse which I had…
- 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…
- There are old heads in the world who cannot help me by their example or advice to live worthily and satisfactorily to myself; but I…
- A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man's life as in a book. Haste makes waste, no less in life than in…
- Every man is tasked to make his life, even in its details, worthy of the contemplation of his most elevated and critical hour.
- The fault-finder will find faults even in paradise. Love your life, poor as it is. You may perhaps have some pleasant, thrilling, glorious hours, even…
- The morning, which is the most memorable season of the day, is the awakening hour. Then there is least somnolence in us; and for an…
- 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…
- Follow your genius closely enough, and it will not fail to show you a fresh prospect every hour.
- In any weather, at any hour of the day or night, I have been anxious to improve the nick of time, and notch it on…
- My days were not days of the week, bearing the stamp of any heathen deity, nor were they minced into hours and fretted by the…
- I think that I cannot preserve my health and spirits, unless I spend four hours a day at least - and it is commonly more…
- 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…
- 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…
- I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavours to live the life…
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- Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside… — Lance Armstrong
- I suffer much less than many of my colleagues. I am perfectly able to go to Australia and film within three hours… — David Attenborough
- The half minute which we daily devote to the winding-up of our watches is an exertion of labour almost insensible; yet, by… — Charles Babbage
- Not only don't I know who I am, but I'm very suspicious of people who do know who they are. I am… — Tom Baker
- A mother's life, you see, is one long succession of dramas, now soft and tender, now terrible. Not an hour but has… — Honore de Balzac
- I am a quick study - I can memorize a script in an hour - but I can't remember a name three… — Don Adams
- I do yoga every morning, then I run for half an hour and take a sauna. — Antonio Banderas
- I can't imagine what it would be like being James Bond 24 hours. That must be exhausting. — Javier Bardem
- I try to do an hour of cardio on the days that I have off, and then I'll do 30 to 45… — Travis Barker
- Usually, if I'm coming to Europe, I'm on a boat for seven days, so I spend the seven days doing a bunch… — Travis Barker
- I had two family members involved in World War I: two great-uncles. One of them is on a memorial in France. And… — Ben Barnes
- Whatever you do, do it with all your might. Work at it, early and late, in season and out of season, not… — P T Barnum