Heights by great men reached and kept were not obtained by sudden flight but, while their companions slept, they were toiling upward in the night.

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.

Resolve and thou art free.

Resolve and thou art free.

Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present,...

Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present,...

The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books.

The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books.

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...

Ah, how good it feels! The hand of an old friend.

Ah, how good it feels! The hand of an old friend.

Love gives itself; it is not bought.

Love gives itself; it is not bought.

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...

The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized.

The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized.

Sometimes we may learn more from a man's errors, than from his virtues.

Sometimes we may learn more from a man's errors, than from his virtues.

I feel a kind of reverence for the first books of young authors. There is...

I feel a kind of reverence for the first books of young authors. There is...

Love gives itself; it is not bought

Love gives itself; it is not bought

If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure...

If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure...

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...

The counterfeit and counterpart of Nature is reproduced in art.

The counterfeit and counterpart of Nature is reproduced in art.

He that respects himself is safe from others. He wears a coat of mail that...

He that respects himself is safe from others. He wears a coat of mail that...

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...

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.

Evil is only good perverted.

Evil is only good perverted.

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.