It is not for man to rest in absolute contentment. He is born to hopes and aspirations as the sparks fly upward, unless he has brutified his nature and quenched the spirit of immortality which is his portion.

Quote by Robert Southey

Topics: Ambition Quotes, Hope Quotes

What will not woman, gentle woman dare; when strong affection stirs her spirit up?

What will not woman, gentle woman dare; when strong affection stirs her spirit up?

Never let a man imagine that he can pursue a good end by evil means,...

Never let a man imagine that he can pursue a good end by evil means,...

Not where I breathe, but where I love, I live; Not where I love, but...

Not where I breathe, but where I love, I live; Not where I love, but...

Ambition is an idol, on whose wings great minds are carried only to extreme; to...

Ambition is an idol, on whose wings great minds are carried only to extreme; to...

No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who...

No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who...

Never let a man imagine that he can pursue a good end by evil means,...

Never let a man imagine that he can pursue a good end by evil means,...

It is with words as with sunbeams - the more they are condensed, the deeper...

It is with words as with sunbeams - the more they are condensed, the deeper...

They sin who tell us Love can die: with Life all other passions fly, all...

They sin who tell us Love can die: with Life all other passions fly, all...

To a resolute mind, wishing to do is the first step toward doing. But if...

To a resolute mind, wishing to do is the first step toward doing. But if...

If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams...

If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams...

The loss of a friend is like that of a limb; time may heal the...

The loss of a friend is like that of a limb; time may heal the...

Live as long as you may, the first twenty years are the longest half of...

Live as long as you may, the first twenty years are the longest half of...

All deception in the course of life is indeed nothing else but a lie reduced...

All deception in the course of life is indeed nothing else but a lie reduced...

Order is the sanity of the mind, the health of the body, the peace of...

Order is the sanity of the mind, the health of the body, the peace of...

No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who...

No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who...

It has been more wittily than charitably said that hell is paved with good intentions;...

It has been more wittily than charitably said that hell is paved with good intentions;...

How little do they see what is, who frame their hasty judgments upon that which...

How little do they see what is, who frame their hasty judgments upon that which...

A kitten is in the animal world what a rosebud is in the garden.

A kitten is in the animal world what a rosebud is in the garden.

Affliction is not sent in vain, young man, from that good God, who chastens whom...

Affliction is not sent in vain, young man, from that good God, who chastens whom...

All deception in the course of life is indeed nothing else but a lie reduced...

All deception in the course of life is indeed nothing else but a lie reduced...