Aim Above Morality - Henry David Thoreau Quotes

~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 spirit is the one... characteristic we must posses if we are to face the future as finishers~ Henry David Thoreau

~Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something~ Henry David Thoreau

~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

~Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends... Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts~ Henry David Thoreau

~Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant~ Henry David Thoreau