"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
"We cannot solve problems with the kind of thinking we employed when we came up with them."
- Albert Einstein
Insight
"Vision is not what your eyes see, but an image that your brain comprehends."
- Touko Aozaki
Insight
"The difference between genius and stupidity is; genius has its limits."
- Albert Einstein
Insight
"Someone asked me, if I were stranded on a desert island what book would I bring: ‘How to Build a Boat.’"
- Steven Wright
Insight
"The shell of an oyster only hides the pearl inside."
- Jack
Insight