"We should train our desires to show the way to our dreams."

Henry S. Haskins Literature See all quotes by Henry S. Haskins →

React to this quote

More by Henry S. Haskins

“There is not an ounce of our former strength which is not doing some sort of job, right now.”

“We are no more alike under the skin than we are on top of it.”

“Many a superior brain is blockaded by inferior thoughts.”

“Compliments have lost their lure by the time a man does not have to fish for them.”

“It is the honest lies we tell—statements factually correct and essentially deceiving—which debauch our manhood and stunt our growth.”

“The man who has a dogmatic creed has more time left for his business.”

Resonant Thoughts

"To be sure, the human individual can, even must, feel and know himself to be limited—and this is what distinguishes him from the animal—but he can become conscious of his limits, his finite-ness, only…"

— Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach

Philosophy1804–1872

#knowledge

"The Eighth Insight... is about using energy in a new way when relating to people in general, but it begins at the beginning, with children... We should view them as they really are, as end points in e…"

— James Redfield

Literature1950

#family

"Plants of great vigor will almost always struggle into blossom, despite impediments. But there should be encouragement, and a free genial atmosphere for those of more timid sort, fair play for each in…"

— Margaret Fuller

Journalism1810–1850

#justice