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Quotes by Henry David Thoreau

what you become

What you get by achieving your goals is as important as what you become by achieving your goals.

capable of being

We are not what we are, nor do we treat or esteem each other for such, but for what we are capable of being.

canvas to our imagination

This world is but a canvas to our imagination.

what you bring to it yourself

There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it and no happiness in any place except what you bring to it yourself.

outlived enthusiasm

None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.

what a man thinks of himself

It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate.

imagination that is wounded first

It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart; it being much more sensitive.

hopes and dreams

Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams.

castles in the air

Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.

a deep mental path

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.