In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to make than an oak.

Quote by James Russell Lowell

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There is a law of neutralization of forces, which hinders bodies from sinking beyond a...

There is a law of neutralization of forces, which hinders bodies from sinking beyond a...

Certainly it is no shame to a man that he should be as nice about...

Certainly it is no shame to a man that he should be as nice about...

He who is firmly seated in authority soon learns to think security, and not progress,...

He who is firmly seated in authority soon learns to think security, and not progress,...

The eye is the notebook of the poet.

The eye is the notebook of the poet.

Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his...

Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his...

There is no good in arguing with the inevitable The only argument available with an...

There is no good in arguing with the inevitable The only argument available with an...

Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character.

Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character.

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

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

Folks never understand the folks they hate.

Folks never understand the folks they hate.

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...

Once to every person and nation come the moment to decide. In the conflict of...

Once to every person and nation come the moment to decide. In the conflict of...

He who is firmly seated in authority soon learns to think security, and not progress,...

He who is firmly seated in authority soon learns to think security, and not progress,...

A poet must need be before his own age, to be even with posterity.

A poet must need be before his own age, to be even with posterity.

Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that...

Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that...

The heart forgets its sorrow and ache.

The heart forgets its sorrow and ache.

Who's not sat tense before his own heart's curtain.

Who's not sat tense before his own heart's curtain.

Greatly begin. Though thou have time, but for a line, be that sublime. Not failure,...

Greatly begin. Though thou have time, but for a line, be that sublime. Not failure,...

It is not the insurrections of ignorance that are dangerous, but the revolts of the...

It is not the insurrections of ignorance that are dangerous, but the revolts of the...

There are no such things as limits to growth, because there are no limits to...

There are no such things as limits to growth, because there are no limits to...

We are fortunate to have inherited an institution which we certainly should never have had...

We are fortunate to have inherited an institution which we certainly should never have had...