Whether we be young or old,Our destiny, our being's heart and home,Is with infinitude, and only there;With hope it is, hope that can never die,Effort and expectation, and desire,And something evermore about to be.

Quote by William Wordsworth

Topics: Destiny Quotes, Expectation Quotes

A perfect woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command; And yet a Spirit...

A perfect woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command; And yet a Spirit...

The best portion of a good man's life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of...

The best portion of a good man's life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of...

The world is too much with us; late and soon, getting and spending, we lay...

The world is too much with us; late and soon, getting and spending, we lay...

I would stand, If the night blackened with a coming storm, Beneath some rock, listening...

I would stand, If the night blackened with a coming storm, Beneath some rock, listening...

Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.

Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.

Wisdom is ofttimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.

Wisdom is ofttimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.

But an old age serene and bright, and lovely as a Lapland night, shall lead...

But an old age serene and bright, and lovely as a Lapland night, shall lead...

The things which I have seen I now can see no more.

The things which I have seen I now can see no more.

To me the meanest flower that blows can give thoughts that do often lie too...

To me the meanest flower that blows can give thoughts that do often lie too...

Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them.

Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them.

The ocean is a mighty harmonist.

The ocean is a mighty harmonist.

What is pride? A rocket that emulates the stars.

What is pride? A rocket that emulates the stars.

I listened, motionless and still; And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in...

I listened, motionless and still; And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in...

With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, and the deep power of...

With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, and the deep power of...

When from our better selves we have too long been parted by the hurrying world,...

When from our better selves we have too long been parted by the hurrying world,...

The child is father of the man.

The child is father of the man.

The human mind is capable of excitement without the application of gross and violent stimulants;...

The human mind is capable of excitement without the application of gross and violent stimulants;...

What we need is not the will to believe, but the wish to find out.

What we need is not the will to believe, but the wish to find out.

Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher.

Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher.

Suffering is permanent, obscure and dark, And shares the nature of infinity.

Suffering is permanent, obscure and dark, And shares the nature of infinity.