Henry David Thoreau Quotes

I am sorry to think that you do not get a man's most effective criticism until you provoke him. Severe truth is expressed with some bitterness.

Henry David Thoreau

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 12, 1817 - May 6, 1862

Topics

TruthManI AmSorryTruth IsThink

I am a nuclear physicist by training and a deeply committed Christian. I don't have any doubt in my own mind about God who created the entire universe. But I don't adhere to passages that so and so was created 4,000 years before Christ, and things of that kind.

Jimmy Carter

GodTrainingI AmMindUniverseOwn

I live my life through fear. If I'm afraid of it I'll do it just so I'm not afraid of it anymore.

Jeremy Renner

LifeFearLiveMy LifeAfraidJust

Because no matter what you say in life, the truth will always be the truth. You know when someone is telling the truth, you look in the eyes. I have a tendency to believe people.

Jean-Claude Van Damme

LifeTruthEyesPeopleBelieveLook

While there are plenty of reasons that we lost in 2016, there's at least one that we can definitely fix for next time: We can make sure that no one is left behind in where we go, in who we talk to, in what we say, and in what we do.

Amy Klobuchar

TimeLostGoSayTalkFix

I knew of the Sapeur community for a long time, and they're an important influence for me.

Stromae

CommunityTimeMeInfluenceLong

What white woman, however lonely, was ever captive or insulted by me? Yet they say I am a bad Indian.

Sitting Bull

WomanI AmMeLonelyBadWhite

For a truly religious man nothing is tragic.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

ManNothingReligiousTragicTruly

Without work, so much of one's identity just evaporates.

Joshua Ferris

WorkIdentityWithoutJustMuch

I want to be here, for my family. I want to be here for my baby. I want to see the birth of my baby.

Jayson Williams

FamilyBabyWantBirthSeeHere

Gorgeous exfoliants are expensive.

Jonathan Van Ness

ExpensiveGorgeous

I'm much more comfortable in a meritocracy and in reward for good work as opposed to a political environment, where I feel like all of that can be confused.

Desiree Rogers

WorkGoodGood WorkPoliticalReward

I learned that life is about the people around you and the people you give back to. That's what parenting is: You're not there for yourself; you're there for your offspring and everyone else around you.

Conrad Anker

LifeParentingYourselfPeopleYou

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