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

Quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Topics: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes

Intelligence and courtesy not always are combined; Often in a wooden house a golden room...

Intelligence and courtesy not always are combined; Often in a wooden house a golden room...

The human voice is the organ of the soul.

The human voice is the organ of the soul.

The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.

The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.

Art is long, and Time is fleeting

Art is long, and Time is fleeting

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.

Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach...

Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach...

Not in the clamor of the crowded street, not in the shouts and plaudits of...

Not in the clamor of the crowded street, not in the shouts and plaudits of...

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...

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

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

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

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

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.

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...

Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men...

Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men...

The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and...

The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and...

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,...

Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still,...

Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still,...

You would attain to the divine perfection, And yet not turn your back upon the...

You would attain to the divine perfection, And yet not turn your back upon the...

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

Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in...

Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in...

There's never a new fashion but it's old.

There's never a new fashion but it's old.