The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do without thought of fame. If it comes at all it will come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWAll things must change to something new, to something strange.
More Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes
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Thought takes man out of servitude, into freedom.
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Joy, temperance, and repose, slam the door on the doctor’s nose.
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For his heart was in his work, and the heart giveth grace unto every art.
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Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing.
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Love gives itself; it is not bought.
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Resolve and thou art free.
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Talk not of wasted affection – affection never was wasted.
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The rapture of pursuing is the prize the vanquished gain.
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Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.
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Critics are sentinels in the grand army of letters, stationed at the corners of newspapers and reviews, to challenge every new author.
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Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.
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If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it.
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In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.
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Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.
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They who go Feel not the pain of parting; it is they Who stay behind that suffer.
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