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

Quote by James Russell Lowell

Topics: Youth Quotes

Each day the world is born anew for him who takes it rightly.

Each day the world is born anew for him who takes it rightly.

Fortune is the rod of the weak, and the staff of the brave.

Fortune is the rod of the weak, and the staff of the brave.

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...

And blessed are the horny hands of toil

And blessed are the horny hands of toil

Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how

Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how

The eye is the notebook of the poet.

The eye is the notebook of the poet.

Every person born into this world their work is born with them.

Every person born into this world their work is born with them.

If I were asked what book is better than a cheap book, I should answer...

If I were asked what book is better than a cheap book, I should answer...

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

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

Good luck is the willing handmaid of a upright and energetic character, and conscientious observance...

Good luck is the willing handmaid of a upright and energetic character, and conscientious observance...

And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect...

And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect...

No man can produce great things who is not thoroughly sincere in dealing with himself

No man can produce great things who is not thoroughly sincere in dealing with himself

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

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.

It is the privilege of genius that life never grows common place, as it does...

It is the privilege of genius that life never grows common place, as it does...

Truth, after all, wears a different face to everybody, and it would be too tedious...

Truth, after all, wears a different face to everybody, and it would be too tedious...

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.

Begin somewhere; you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.

Begin somewhere; you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.

Ninety percent of all politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.

Ninety percent of all politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.

The blaze of reputation cannot be blown out, but it often dies in the socket;...

The blaze of reputation cannot be blown out, but it often dies in the socket;...