If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.

Quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Topics: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes

Love gives itself; it is not bought.

Love gives itself; it is not bought.

Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the...

Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the...

Talk not of wasted affection - affection never was wasted.

Talk not of wasted affection - affection never was wasted.

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...

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.

The rapture of pursuing is the prize the vanquished gain.

The rapture of pursuing is the prize the vanquished gain.

Man is always more than he can know of himself; consequently, his accomplishments, time and...

Man is always more than he can know of himself; consequently, his accomplishments, time and...

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...

You would attain to the divine perfection, And yet not turn your back upon the...

You would attain to the divine perfection, And yet not turn your back upon the...

Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, only a signal...

Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, only a signal...

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.

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...

However things may seem, no evil thing is success and no good thing is failure.

However things may seem, no evil thing is success and no good thing is failure.

A literary critic is a person who finds meaning in literature that the author didn't...

A literary critic is a person who finds meaning in literature that the author didn't...

Like a French poem is life; being only perfect in structure when with the masculine...

Like a French poem is life; being only perfect in structure when with the masculine...

Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach...

Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach...

Evil is only good perverted.

Evil is only good perverted.

Music is the universal language of mankind

Music is the universal language of mankind

) Music is the balm that heals the forlorn ache of a distant star.

) Music is the balm that heals the forlorn ache of a distant star.

Only knowing one part to a song so you just keep singing the same line...

Only knowing one part to a song so you just keep singing the same line...