Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart.

Quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Topics: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by...

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by...

Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is godlike.

Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is godlike.

A literary critic is a person who finds meaning in literature that the author didn't...

A literary critic is a person who finds meaning in literature that the author didn't...

Whenever nature leaves a hole in a person's mind, she generally plasters it over with...

Whenever nature leaves a hole in a person's mind, she generally plasters it over with...

It is difficult to know at what moment love begins; it is less difficult to...

It is difficult to know at what moment love begins; it is less difficult to...

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,...

The strength of criticism lies only in the weakness of the thing criticized

The strength of criticism lies only in the weakness of the thing criticized

Music is the universal language of mankind.

Music is the universal language of mankind.

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...

However things may seem, no evil thing is success and no good thing is failure.

However things may seem, no evil thing is success and no good thing is failure.

Love gives itself; it is not bought

Love gives itself; it is not bought

Whoever benefits his enemy with straightforward intention that man's enemies will soon fold their hands...

Whoever benefits his enemy with straightforward intention that man's enemies will soon fold their hands...

In this world a man must either be anvil or hammer.

In this world a man must either be anvil or hammer.

Talk not of wasted affection - affection never was wasted.

Talk not of wasted affection - affection never was wasted.

Evil is only good perverted.

Evil is only good perverted.

It is difficult to know at what moment love begins; it is less difficult to...

It is difficult to know at what moment love begins; it is less difficult to...

He that respects himself is safe from others. He wears a coat of mail that...

He that respects himself is safe from others. He wears a coat of mail that...

The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized.

The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized.

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...

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...