"Never look back unless you are planning..." - Quote by Henry David Thoreau

“Love your life, poor as it is. You may perhaps have some pleasant, thrilling, glorious hours, even in a poor-house.”

“The fault-finder will find faults even in paradise. Love your life, poor as it is. You may perhaps have some pleasant, thrilling, glorious hours, even in a poor-house. The setting sun is reflected from the windows of the alms-house as brightly as from the rich man's abode; the snow melts before its door as early in the spring. I do not see but a quiet mind may live as contentedly there, and have as cheering thoughts, as in a palace.”

“If I choose to devote myself to certain labors which yield more real profit, though but little money, they may be inclined to look on me as an idler.”

“Do not grieve so much for a husband lost that it wastes away your life.”

“I think if you do something and it turns out pretty good, then you should go do something else wonderful, not dwell on it for too long. Just figure out what's next.”

“Don't feel sad over someone who gave up on you, feel sorry for them because they gave up on someone who would have never given up on them.”

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.”

“We are a forward-looking people, and we must have a forward-looking government.”

“There are 309 million people out there that are trying to improve their lot in life. And we've got a system that allows them to do it.”