If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it; every arrow that flies feels the attraction of earth.

Quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Topics: Goals Quotes

Music is the universal language of mankind

Music is the universal language of mankind

Each morning sees some task begun, each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done,...

Each morning sees some task begun, each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done,...

Next to being a great poet, is the power of understanding one

Next to being a great poet, is the power of understanding one

That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.

That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.

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

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

The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but...

The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but...

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...

It is a beautiful trait in the lovers character, that they think no evil of...

It is a beautiful trait in the lovers character, that they think no evil of...

The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy

The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy

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...

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...

Trust no future, however pleasant! Let the dead past bury its dead! Act, act in...

Trust no future, however pleasant! Let the dead past bury its dead! Act, act in...

There is no grief like the grief that does not speak

There is no grief like the grief that does not speak

He spake well who said that graves are the footprints of angels.

He spake well who said that graves are the footprints of angels.

I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where;...

I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where;...

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...

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.

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...

Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the...

Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the...

Something attempted, something done, Has earned a nights repose.

Something attempted, something done, Has earned a nights repose.