Blessed are they that have nothing to say, and who cannot be persuaded to say it

Quote by James Russell Lowell

Topics: Being Blessed Quotes

And blessed are the horny hands of toil

And blessed are the horny hands of toil

An appeal to the reason of the people has never been known to fail in...

An appeal to the reason of the people has never been known to fail in...

Good heavens, of what uncostly material is our earthly happiness composed... if we only knew...

Good heavens, of what uncostly material is our earthly happiness composed... if we only knew...

In the ocean of baseness, the deeper we get, the easier the sinking.

In the ocean of baseness, the deeper we get, the easier the sinking.

Reputation is only a candle, of wavering and uncertain flame, and easily blown out, but...

Reputation is only a candle, of wavering and uncertain flame, and easily blown out, but...

Incredulity robs us of many pleasures, and gives us nothing in return.

Incredulity robs us of many pleasures, and gives us nothing in return.

No price is set on the lavish summer; June may be had by the poorest...

No price is set on the lavish summer; June may be had by the poorest...

Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts

Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts

A poet must need be before his own age, to be even with posterity.

A poet must need be before his own age, to be even with posterity.

Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.

Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.

A weed is no more than a flower in disguise, Which is seen through at...

A weed is no more than a flower in disguise, Which is seen through at...

Once to every person and nation come the moment to decide. In the conflict of...

Once to every person and nation come the moment to decide. In the conflict of...

The greatest homage we can pay to truth, is to use it.

The greatest homage we can pay to truth, is to use it.

Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character.

Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character.

The surest plan to make a man is, think him so.

The surest plan to make a man is, think him so.

If youth be a defect, it is one that we outgrow only too soon

If youth be a defect, it is one that we outgrow only too soon

Creativity is not the finding of a thing, but the making something out of it...

Creativity is not the finding of a thing, but the making something out of it...

What men prize most is a privilege, even if it be that of chief mourner...

What men prize most is a privilege, even if it be that of chief mourner...

He who is firmly seated in authority soon learns to think security, and not progress,...

He who is firmly seated in authority soon learns to think security, and not progress,...

Who's not sat tense before his own heart's curtain.

Who's not sat tense before his own heart's curtain.