Henry David Thoreau Quotes about Determination

Nothing can be more useful to a man than a determination not to be hurried.
"Thoreau's Book of Quotations".
I put a piece of paper under my pillow, and when I could not sleep I wrote in the dark.
Henry David Thoreau (2013). “The Essential Thoreau”, p.318, Simon and Schuster
Henry David Thoreau (2008). “Cape Cod: Illustrated Edition of the American Classic”, p.11, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt