A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child.

Quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Topics: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes

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.

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.

Trouble is the next best thing to enjoyment; there is no fate in the world...

Trouble is the next best thing to enjoyment; there is no fate in the world...

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...

I venerate old age; and I love not the man who can look without emotion...

I venerate old age; and I love not the man who can look without emotion...

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...

There is nothing holier in this life of ours than the first consciousness of love,...

There is nothing holier in this life of ours than the first consciousness of love,...

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...

The dawn is not distant, nor is the night starless; love is eternal.

The dawn is not distant, nor is the night starless; love is eternal.

Method is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies. By dropping...

Method is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies. By dropping...

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we...

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we...

Being all fashioned of the self-same dust, let us be merciful as well as just

Being all fashioned of the self-same dust, let us be merciful as well as just

Love gives itself; it is not bought

Love gives itself; it is not bought

The mind of the scholar, if he would leave it large and liberal, should come...

The mind of the scholar, if he would leave it large and liberal, should come...

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...

It is difficult to know at what moment love begins; it is less difficult to...

It is difficult to know at what moment love begins; it is less difficult to...

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...

I was in a bar the other night, hopping from barstool to barstool, trying to...

I was in a bar the other night, hopping from barstool to barstool, trying to...

Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what...

Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what...

Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself.

Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself.