It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?
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Henry David ThoreauLetter to Harrison Blake (1857)
About Henry David Thoreau
American essayist and naturalist best known for Walden. (1817-1862)
More from Henry David Thoreau
- If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.Walden (1854), Conclusion
- If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.Walden (1854), Conclusion
- The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.Walden (1854), Economy
- If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.Walden (1854), Conclusion
- Simplify, simplify.Walden (1854)
- Things do not change; we change.Walden (1854), Conclusion
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- There is only one valid definition of business purpose: to create a customer.Peter Drucker
- A person should set his goals as early as he can and devote all his energy and talent to getting there.Walt Disney
- Never write an advertisement which you wouldn't want your own family to read.David Ogilvy
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