Contemplation Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Every man's task [his 'great dream' and impassioned life-goal] is his life preserver.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another; and his humblest hour is…

— Anonymous

A man's prime interest in life must be his work.

— Laurence Olivier

So much of our time is preparation, so much is routine, and so much retrospect, that the path of each man's genius contracts itself…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

A man has always to be busy with his thoughts if anything is to be accomplished.

— Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Were man to devote as much time and energy to himself as he has devoted to that which man has produced, what astounding and…

— Joseph Pilates

“A man devoted time to what mattered to him—to what he deemed worthy of his attention.”

— Gena Showalter

Everyone rushes his life on, and suffers from a yearning for the future and a boredom with the present. But that man who devotes…

— Seneca the Younger

The supreme adventure in a man’s life is his journey back to his Creator. To reach the goal he needs well developed and co-ordinated…

— B.K.S. Iyengar

“A man’s job is to make the world a better place to live in, so far as he is able—always remembering the results will…

— Ryan Holiday

Any man's life will be filled with constant and unexpected encouragement if he makes up his mind to do his level best each day.

— Booker T Washington