Inspiring Quotes by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Page 2

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"That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain"

"Lives of great men all remind us, we can make our lives sublime, and, departing, leave behind us, footprints on the sands of time"

"However things may seem, no evil thing is success and no good thing is failure"

"Man is always more than he can know of himself; consequently, his accomplishments, time and again, will come as a surprise to him"

"We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done"

"Therefore trust to thy heart, and to what the world calls illusions"

"The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain"

"All things come round to him who will but wait"

"A thought often makes us hotter than a fire"

"Give what you have to somebody, it may be better than you think"

"For his heart was in his work, and the heart giveth grace unto every art"

"Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny"

"Evil is only good perverted"

"Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad"

"Each morning sees some task begun, each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done, has earned a night's repose"

"Critics are sentinels in the grand army of letters, stationed at the corners of newspapers and reviews, to challenge every new author"

"Build today, then strong and sure, With a firm and ample base; And ascending and secure. Shall tomorrow find its place"

"As to the pure mind all things are pure, so to the poetic mind all things are poetical"

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