It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate.
Henry David Thoreau
No, I'm not a good shot, but I shoot often.
Theodore Roosevelt
Equipped with his five senses, man explores the universe around him and calls the adventure Science.
Edwin Hubble
Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.
Albert Einstein
When you compare the sorrows of real life to the pleasures of the imaginary one, you will never want to live again, only to dream forever.
Alexandre Dumas
be yourself- not your idea of what you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be.
Henry David Thoreau
Be it life or death, we crave only reality.
Henry David Thoreau
We are all a little schizophrenic. Each of us has three different people living inside us every day—who you were, who you are and who you will become. The road to sanity is to recognize those identities, in order to know who you are today.
Shannon L. Alder
Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.
Henry David Thoreau
Content makes poor men rich; discontentment makes rich men poor.
Benjamin Franklin
Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
Andre Gide
Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it till it comes to have a separate and integral interest. To regret deeply is to live afresh.
Henry David Thoreau
Heroes are often the most ordinary of men.
Henry David Thoreau
The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.
Albert Einstein
A tree that is unbending is usually broken.
Loa Tzu
There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.
Henry David Thoreau
There is more religion in men's science, than there is science in their religion.
Henry David Thoreau
When you begin to see that your enemy is suffering, that is the beginning of insight.
Thich Nhat Hanh
You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and suffering.
Sophocles
A minority is powerless while it conforms to the majority.
Henry David Thoreau
Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.
Benjamin Franklin
Behind every beautiful thing, there's some kind of pain.
Bob Dylan
What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.
Henry David Thoreau
When I have tried and failed, I shall have failed.
Sophocles