Not in the clamor of the crowded street, not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and defeat.

Quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Topics: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes

In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.

In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.

Youth comes but once in a lifetime.

Youth comes but once in a lifetime.

Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.

Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.

People demand freedom only when they have no power.

People demand freedom only when they have no power.

The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized.

The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized.

The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy.

The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy.

I feel a kind of reverence for the first books of young authors. There is...

I feel a kind of reverence for the first books of young authors. There is...

Music is the universal language of mankind

Music is the universal language of mankind

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...

Sleep... Oh! how I loathe those little slices of death....

Sleep... Oh! how I loathe those little slices of death....

Archly the maiden smiled, with eyes overrunning with laughter, Said, in a tremulous voice, 'Why...

Archly the maiden smiled, with eyes overrunning with laughter, Said, in a tremulous voice, 'Why...

It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why...

It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why...

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...

In this world a man must either be anvil or hammer.

In this world a man must either be anvil or hammer.

I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where;...

I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where;...

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

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

He spake well who said that graves are the footprints of angels.

He spake well who said that graves are the footprints of angels.

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.

Morality without religion is only a kind of dead reckoning - an endeavor to find...

Morality without religion is only a kind of dead reckoning - an endeavor to find...

The nearer the dawn the darker the night.

The nearer the dawn the darker the night.