Henry David Thoreau Quotes

God hath given to man a short time here upon earth, and yet upon this short time eternity depends.

Time is short. Eternity is long. It is only reasonable that this short life be lived in the light of eternity.

You only live a short time... and you are dead a long time.

A positive attitude is not going to save you. What it's going to do is, everyday, between now and the day you die, whether that's a short time from now or a long time from now, that every day, you're going to actually live.

I believe that you're here on Earth for a short time, and while you're here, you shouldn't forget it.

There are no atheists in foxholes, they say, and I was a foxhole atheist for a long time. But after going through a midlife crisis and having many things change very quickly, it made me realize my mortality. And when you start to think about death, you start to think about what's after it. And then you start hoping there is a God.

Part of our essential humanity is paying respect to what God gave us and what will be here a long time after we're gone.

The only time I really feel tired and old is when I look back; I always like to look just in the front of me. I'll always feel like I didn't finish enough, such a short time is left, and there's still so much to do.

As long as you find something beautiful, good, and true to believe in and abide by, you have the equivalent of God in your life.

Your days at the most cannot be very long, so use them to the best of your ability for the glory of God and the benefit of your generation.

A man should live his life a certain way not because of some divine authority, but because of a personal moral obligation to himself and others.

The whole of life is but a moment of time. It is our duty, therefore to use it, not to misuse it.

Forever is a very long time, especially the bit towards the end.

If life be long, I will be glad, Tthat I may long obey; If short, yet why should I be sad, To soar to endless day?

It is vanity to desire a long life and to take no heed of a good life.

We are all just here for a time - whether in this building or even on this earth. But the values we hold dear will live on long after we have left this stage. Our responsibility, while we are here, is to breathe life into them; to imbue them with the strength of our convictions and the weight of our efforts.

Like anybody, I would like to have a long life. Longevity has its place. But I'm not concerned about that now. I just want to do God's will.

The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals.

Men do not care how nobly they live, but only how long, although it is within the reach of every man to live nobly, but within no man's power to live long.

Let life be short, else shame will be too long.

Time, how short-eternity, how long! Death, how brief-immortali ty, how endless!

A lot of people should realize they aren't on this earth for long and if you want to do anything you better hurry.

The most important thing in a person's life is his faith and how he translates his faith into practical deeds.

It is always so much easier to be moral than it is to be spiritual.

So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart. Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view, and demand that they respect yours. Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life. Seek to make your life long and its purpose in the service of your people. Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.