That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWThe heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.
More Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes
-
-
The rapture of pursuing is the prize the vanquished gain.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW -
Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW -
Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW -
The best thing one can do when it’s raining is to let it rain.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW -
A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW -
Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW -
People demand freedom only when they have no power.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW -
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.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW -
The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW -
Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW -
I have an affection for a great city. I feel safe in the neighborhood of man, and enjoy the sweet security of the streets.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW -
Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW -
The nearer the dawn the darker the night.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW -
There is nothing holier in this life of ours than the first consciousness of love, the first fluttering of its silken wings.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW -
The human voice is the organ of the soul.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW