"A man must find his occasions in..." - Quote by Henry David Thoreau

“In clear weather the laziest may look across the Bay as far as Plymouth at a glance, or over the Atlantic as far as human vision reaches, merely raising his eyelids; or if he is too lazy to look after all, he can hardly help hearing the ceaseless dash and roar of the breakers. The restless ocean may at any moment cast up a whale or a wrecked vessel at your feet. All the reporters in the world, the most rapid stenographers, could not report the news it brings.”

“You cannot hear music and noise at the same time.”

“There is no more fatal blunderer than he who consumes the greater part of his life getting his living.”

“And truly it demands something godlike in him who cast off the common motives of humanity and ventured to trust himself for a taskmaster.”

“Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself.”

“Opportunities? I make opportunities.”

“In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.”

“If one knows exactly what is going to be done, why do it?”

“A life without passion is not living, it's merely existing”