Man is always more than he can know of himself; consequently, his accomplishments, time and again, will come as a surprise to him.

Quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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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...

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.

As to the pure mind all things are pure, so to the poetic mind all...

As to the pure mind all things are pure, so to the poetic mind all...

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...

Joy, temperance, and repose, slam the door on the doctor's nose.

Joy, temperance, and repose, slam the door on the doctor's nose.

Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the...

Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the...

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.

The rapture of pursuing is the prize the vanquished gain.

The rapture of pursuing is the prize the vanquished gain.

He spake well who said that graves are the footprints of angels.

He spake well who said that graves are the footprints of angels.

Lives of great men all remind us, we can make our lives sublime, and, departing,...

Lives of great men all remind us, we can make our lives sublime, and, departing,...

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

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

Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.

Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.

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

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

Ah, how good it feels! The hand of an old friend.

Ah, how good it feels! The hand of an old friend.

Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and...

Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and...

There are moments in life, when the heart is so full of emotion That if...

There are moments in life, when the heart is so full of emotion That if...

Youth comes but once in a lifetime.

Youth comes but once in a lifetime.

Morality without religion is only a kind of dead reckoning - an endeavor to find...

Morality without religion is only a kind of dead reckoning - an endeavor to find...

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,...

Thy fate is the common fate of all; Into each life some rain must fall.

Thy fate is the common fate of all; Into each life some rain must fall.