Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Henry David Thoreau Quotes: The present hour is always wealthiest when it is poorer than the future ones, as that is the pleasantest site which affords the pleasantest prospect.
         

The present hour is always wealthiest when it is poorer than the future ones, as that is the pleasantest site which affords the pleasantest prospect.


Henry David Thoreau
Check all other quotes by Henry David Thoreau

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Henry David Thoreau Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Mon. 29 Apr. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/The-present-hour-is-always-wealthiest-when-646823>.





Check out


Other quotes of Henry David Thoreau


Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.



There is no remedy for love but to love more.

There is no remedy for love but to love more.



The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.



It's the beauty within us that makes it possible for us to recognize the beauty around us. The question is not what you look at but what you see.

It's the beauty within us that makes it possible for us to recognize the beauty around us. The question is not what you look at but what you see.



If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined...

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined...



I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately.

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately.



be yourself- not your idea of what you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be.

be yourself- not your idea of what you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be.



What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.



The greatest tragedy in life is to spend your whole life fishing only to discover it was never fish that you were after.

The greatest tragedy in life is to spend your whole life fishing only to discover it was never fish that you were after.



The only people who ever get anyplace interesting are the people who get lost.

The only people who ever get anyplace interesting are the people who get lost.





Other quotes you may like


I use a Blackberry. I'm so behind on mobile communication technology, I think a smartwatch may be too far a leap.

I use a Blackberry. I'm so behind on mobile communication technology, I think a smartwatch may be too far a leap.



As a member of the House Select Committee on Intelligence, I know that the CIA, Treasury Department, National Security Agency, and others work closely to keep tabs on the IRGC's operations.

As a member of the House Select Committee on Intelligence, I know that the CIA, Treasury Department, National Security Agency, and others work closely to keep tabs on the IRGC's operations.



My film (Black Venus) had been very emotionally draining and difficult because I had identified so much with the lead character, Saartjie Baartman.

My film (Black Venus) had been very emotionally draining and difficult because I had identified so much with the lead character, Saartjie Baartman.



How hard it is, how bitter it is to become a man!

How hard it is, how bitter it is to become a man!



The moment of near despair is quite often the moment that precedes courage.

The moment of near despair is quite often the moment that precedes courage.



They were wearing smelly blankets, they looked like Donovan fans.

They were wearing smelly blankets, they looked like Donovan fans.



Yosemite Park... None can escape its charms. Its natural beauty cleans and warms like a fire, and you will be willing to stay forever in one place like a tree.

Yosemite Park... None can escape its charms. Its natural beauty cleans and warms like a fire, and you will be willing to stay forever in one place like a tree.



The world of the media has grown so big that everybody has to attach themselves with it.

The world of the media has grown so big that everybody has to attach themselves with it.



Hope is fragile and needs to be tended and renewed.

Hope is fragile and needs to be tended and renewed.



Government has no resources of its own. Government can only give to us what it has previously taken from us.

Government has no resources of its own. Government can only give to us what it has previously taken from us.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "The present hour is always wealthiest when it is poorer than the future ones, as that is the pleasantest site which affords the pleasantest prospect.". Author of this quote is Henry David Thoreau. This quote is about hours, future, site,.