Henry David Thoreau Quotes About Focus

• If the work is high and far,
  You must not only aim aright,
  But draw the bow with all your might.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Inspirational, Positive, Effort

  "The Portable Thoreau".

• It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?

  Henry David Thoreau

  Inspiring, Time, Fog

  Henry David Thoreau (2015). “Thoreau on Nature: Sage Words on Finding Harmony with the Natural World”, p.14, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

• Only that day dawns to which we are awake.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Depression, Valentines Day, Opportunity

  Walden ch. 18 (1854)

• As all curves have reference to their centres or foci, so all beauty of character has reference to the soul, and is a graceful gesture of recognition or waving of the body toward it.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Character, Curves, Focus

  Henry David Thoreau, Robert Lawrence France, Thoreau Society (2001). “Thoreau on Water: Reflecting Heaven”, p.55, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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