Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something.

More quotes by Henry David Thoreau

View all
"What I began by reading, I must finish by acting."

- Henry David Thoreau

Courage

"Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it."

- Henry David Thoreau

Success

"The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought and attended to my answer."

- Henry David Thoreau

Respect

"As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives."

- Henry David Thoreau

Mindfulness

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined."

- Henry David Thoreau

Ambition

More Integrity Quotes

View all
"The worth of a person lies in their character, not in their looks."

- Beauty and the Beast

Integrity

"What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Integrity

"Be content to act, and leave the talking to others."

- Baltasar Gracian

Integrity

"Fake people have an image to maintain. Real people just don’t care."

- Hachiman Hikigaya

Integrity

"What is right? What is wrong? In this mixed up world, deciding what is right and wrong is not easy. You can’t just go by somebody else’s rules. If you let yourself be controlled like that, you’ll just become a puppet that can’t make decisions on its own. You have to live by your rules."

- Gintoki Sakata

Integrity