We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWFame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny.
More Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes
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If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it.
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Build today, then strong and sure, With a firm and ample base; And ascending and secure. Shall tomorrow find its place.
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The mind of the scholar, if he would leave it large and liberal, should come in contact with other minds.
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There is nothing holier in this life of ours than the first consciousness of love, the first fluttering of its silken wings.
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Talk not of wasted affection – affection never was wasted.
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Love keeps the cold out better than a cloak.
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All things must change to something new, to something strange.
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Sometimes we may learn more from a man’s errors, than from his virtues.
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Something attempted, something done, Has earned a nights repose.
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Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine.
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Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.
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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.
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Give what you have to somebody, it may be better than you think.
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Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and defeat.
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When she had passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music.
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