Henry David Thoreau Quotes

What a man can be, he must be. This need we call self-actualization.

I just think that we're capable of so much more; we don't utilize all our capacity like we should.

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

I really want to keep at it until I find out what I'm capable of.

We never completely comprehend ourselves, but we can do far more than comprehend.

The distance between who you are and who you might be is closing.

Treat a person as he is, and he will remain as he is. Treat a person as if he were where he could be and should be, and he will become what he could be and should be.

Art helped give me confidence.

If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life.

I think my mission is to become the greatest human I can. I know that sounds pompous, but what else do we have?

Success is not in what you have, but who you are.

Invest in the human soul. Who knows, it might be a diamond in the rough.

I don't want to be overly philosophical, but I think there are things you earn for yourself as you go.

Happiness comes only when we push our brains and hearts to the farthest reaches of which we are capable.

We always may be what we might have been.

Let each become all that he was created capable of being.

Free the child's potential, and you will transform him into the world.

I know the person I am, and I know the person I can be.

Know thyself.

We must develop the capacity to see men not as they are at present but as they may become.

Education brings a sense of confidence and self-worth to yourself.

I'm finding myself. I'm finding things I'm good at, things I need to work at.

Success means at least you are finding full potential to who you are in terms of your intelligence, your capability and competence: you are finding full expression to who you are. This is important.

You have to know what your value is. I started learning my value when I was 12 years old.

It was the joy of admiration and of one's own ability, growing together.