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 ConsciousnessFirstFlutterHollerLifeLoveNothingSixteenWing
Whoever benefits his enemy with straightforward intention that man’s enemies will soon fold their hands in devotion. HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW BenefitDevotionEnemyFoldHandIntensionManStrengthWhoever
Spilt on the ground like water, can never be gathered together. HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW GatherGroundneverSpitTogetherWater
Let us, then, be up and doing, with a heart for any fate; still achieving, still pursuing, learn to labor and to wait. HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW AchieveAnyDoFateHeartLaborLearnLetPurseStillUsWait
Only a signal shown, and a distant voice in the darkness; So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another, only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence. HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW AnotherDarknessOceanPassShownSignalSilenceSpeak
The best thing one can do when it’s raining is to let it rain. HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW BestDoGetLetOneRainThing
Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and defeat. HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW DefeatOurselvesPeoplePlauditShoutThrong
Men of genius are often dull and inert in society; as the blazing meteor, when it descends to earth, is only a stone. HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW BlazingDescendsDullEarthGeniusInsertMostOftenOnlySocietyStone
They who go Feel not the pain of parting; it is they Who stay behind that suffer. HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW BehindFeelGoPainPartingSeatSuffer
The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized. HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW CriticismCriticizeLieStrengthThingWeakmnness
However things may seem, no evil thing is success and no good thing is failure. HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW EvilFailureGoodHoweverMaySeemSuccesThing
Therefore trust to thy heart, and to what the world calls illusions. HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW CailHeartIllusionTrustWorld
The rapture of pursuing is the prize the vanquished gain. HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW GainPrizePurseRaptureVanquish
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done. HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW AlreadyCapableDfeelDoJudgeOtherOurselvesSone
Something attempted, something done, Has earned a nights repose. HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW AttemptDoneEarnNightReposeSometimes
A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child. HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW BruiseChildFromHardHeartJacketMendSoonWork
Not in the clamor of the crowded street, not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and defeat. HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW ClamorCrowdDefeatNotOurselvesPlaudutShoutStreetThrong
The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but in active charity and in willing service. HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW ActiveCharityConsistDreamLifeManSeeServiceVisionWilling
If we could read the secret history of our enemies we should find in each man’s life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility. HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW AllDisarmEachEnemyEnoughHistoryLiveManReadSecretSorrowSuffer
It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong. HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW DoExplainRightTakeThingTime
The dawn is not distant, nor is the night starless; love is eternal. HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW DawnDistantEternalLoveNightNotStarless
If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody. HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW EnoughGateKnockLastOnlySomebodyWake
If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it. HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW AboveAimHitLittleMarkMustWould
