Advance confidently in the direction of your dreams.

What it means

This was the lesson Thoreau took from his two years at the pond. If you move steadily toward the life you imagine, you find success that ordinary days never show you. The key word is advances: keep walking.

The source

"Advance confidently in the direction of your dreams." Henry David Thoreau said it in Walden (1854), Conclusion. Written in English: Walden, 1854.

"if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours."

Original English (Walden, 1854), Walden (1854), Conclusion. Text read at gutenberg.org.

Who said it

Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862). Lived two years in a cabin he built at Walden Pond and wrote Walden about it. His essay Civil Disobedience argued for refusing to cooperate with injustice.

Questions

What does "Advance confidently in the direction of your dreams." mean?

This was the lesson Thoreau took from his two years at the pond. If you move steadily toward the life you imagine, you find success that ordinary days never show you. The key word is advances: keep walking.

Who said "Advance confidently in the direction of your dreams."?

Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862). Source: Walden (1854), Conclusion.

What is the original wording?

if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours (Original English (Walden, 1854)). Written in English: Walden, 1854.

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