Next to being a great poet, is the power of understanding one

Quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Topics: Poets Quotes, Understanding Quotes

Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud...

Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud...

Sometimes we may learn more from a man's errors, than from his virtues.

Sometimes we may learn more from a man's errors, than from his virtues.

The human voice is the organ of the soul.

The human voice is the organ of the soul.

Silently one by one, in the infinite meadows of heaven, Blossomed the lovely stars, the...

Silently one by one, in the infinite meadows of heaven, Blossomed the lovely stars, the...

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

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

If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each...

If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each...

All things come round to him who will but wait.

All things come round to him who will but wait.

For age is opportunity no less than youth itself, though in another dress, and as...

For age is opportunity no less than youth itself, though in another dress, and as...

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by...

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by...

All things must change to something new, to something strange.

All things must change to something new, to something strange.

The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and...

The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and...

If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure...

If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure...

Into each life some rain must fall.

Into each life some rain must fall.

Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and...

Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and...

Nature is a revelation of God; Art is a revelation of man

Nature is a revelation of God; Art is a revelation of man

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

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

Not in the clamor of the crowded street, not in the shouts and plaudits of...

Not in the clamor of the crowded street, not in the shouts and plaudits of...

He that respects himself is safe from others. He wears a coat of mail that...

He that respects himself is safe from others. He wears a coat of mail that...

Thy fate is the common fate of all; Into each life some rain must fall.

Thy fate is the common fate of all; Into each life some rain must fall.

I have an affection for a great city. I feel safe in the neighborhood of...

I have an affection for a great city. I feel safe in the neighborhood of...