"We must walk consciously only part way..." - Quote by Henry David Thoreau
We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success. What we do best or most perfectly is what we have most thoroughly learned by the longest practice, and at length it falls from us without our notice, as a leaf from a tree.
More by Henry David Thoreau
“I hardly know an intellectual man, even, who is so broad and truly liberal that you can think aloud in his society.”
“If the condition of things which we were made for is not yet, what were any reality which we can substitute? We will not be shipwrecked on a vain reality.”
“The lichen on the rocks is a rude and simple shield which beginning and imperfect Nature suspended there. Still hangs her wrinkledtrophy.”
More on Success
“Success is like pumping an old well handle. You have to pump a very long time before you get water. But don't give up or you will have to start all over again.”
“The way to be successful in the software world is to come up with breakthrough software, and so whether it's Microsoft Office or Windows, its pushing that forward. New ideas, surprising the marketplace, so good engineering and good business are one in the same.”
“Genius is the ability to hold one's vision steady until it becomes reality”
More on Goals
“There are some militarists who say: ‘We are not interested in politics but only in the profession of arms.’ It is vital that these simple-minded militarists be made to realize the relationship that exists between politics and military affairs. Military action is a method used to attain a political goal. While military affairs and political affairs are not identical, it is impossible to isolate one from the other.”
“Anyone who scores a goal will get confidence from it, particularly if you are a striker because you live for goals and assists.”
“It’s not getting the million that’s important, it’s what it makes of you to achieve becoming a MILLIONAIRE.”