Give what you have to somebody, it may be better than you think.

Quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Topics: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes

The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy.

The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy.

Joy, temperance, and repose, slam the door on the doctor's nose.

Joy, temperance, and repose, slam the door on the doctor's nose.

Love gives itself; it is not bought

Love gives itself; it is not bought

The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.

The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.

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...

Evil is only good perverted.

Evil is only good perverted.

Build today, then strong and sure, With a firm and ample base; And ascending and...

Build today, then strong and sure, With a firm and ample base; And ascending and...

Into each life some rain must fall.

Into each life some rain must fall.

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.

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...

Thought takes man out of servitude, into freedom.

Thought takes man out of servitude, into freedom.

The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight, But...

The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight, But...

The setting of a great hope is like the setting of the sun. The brightness...

The setting of a great hope is like the setting of the sun. The brightness...

If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it.

If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it.

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...

There is no grief like the grief that does not speak.

There is no grief like the grief that does not speak.

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

Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity.

Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity.

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.

Talk not of wasted affection - affection never was wasted.

Talk not of wasted affection - affection never was wasted.