"In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better aim at something high." ― Henry David Thoreau Topic(s): Men More From Henry David Thoreau "It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things." "All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man." "There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it and no happiness in any place except what you bring to it yourself." More In Men "Men are governed by lines of intellect – women: by curves of emotion."― James Joyce "In life we shall find many men that are great, and some that are good, but very few men that are both great and good."― Charles Caleb Colton "It is the dissimilarities and inequalities among men which give rise to the notion of honor; as such differences become less, it grows feeble; and when they disappear, it will vanish too."― Alexis de Tocqueville