None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.
Henry David ThoreauRead
We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Achieving success requires both careful planning and courageous risk-taking.
This quote by Henry David Thoreau emphasizes that while it is important to take deliberate steps towards our goals, there comes a time when we must abandon certainty and take bold risks. It underlines the importance of blending preparation with the willingness to embrace the unknown in the pursuit of success.
Themes
SuccessGoalRiskCouragePlanning
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be used in a motivational speech to inspire new entrepreneurs.
More from Henry David Thoreau
All quotes βThrough want of enterprise and faith men are where they are, buying and selling and spending their lives like servants.
Henry David ThoreauRead
An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.
Henry David ThoreauRead
Have no mean hours, but be grateful for every hour, and accept what it brings. The reality will make any sincere record respectable.
Henry David ThoreauRead
As every season seems best to us in its turn, so the coming in of spring is like the creation of Cosmos out of Chaos and the realization of the Golden Age.
Henry David ThoreauRead
That grand old poem called Winter
Henry David ThoreauRead
Similar quotes
Being successful doesnβt necessarily make you great. What makes you great is when you reach back and help somebody else become great.
Joel OsteenRead
After spending many years in Wall Street and after making and losing millions of dollars I want to tell you this: It never was my thinking that made the big money for me. It always was my sitting. Got that? My sitting tight!
Jesse Lauriston LivermoreRead
Yes - en I's rich now, come to look at it. I owns myself, en I's wuth eight hund'd dollars. I wisht I had de money, I wouldn' want no mo'.
Mark TwainRead
Far from a Harvard student, just had the balls to do it
Jay-ZRead
Success in its highest and noblest form calls for peace of mind and enjoyment and happiness which come only to the man who has found the work that he likes best.
Napoleon HillRead
Success comes to those who dedicate everything to their passion in life. To be successful, it is also very important to be humble and never let fame or money travel to your head.
A. R. RahmanRead