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

Quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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The rapture of pursuing is the prize the vanquished gain.

The rapture of pursuing is the prize the vanquished gain.

People demand freedom only when they have no power.

People demand freedom only when they have no power.

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

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

For age is opportunity no less Than youth itself, though in another dress, And as...

For age is opportunity no less Than youth itself, though in another dress, And as...

Something attempted, something done, Has earned a nights repose.

Something attempted, something done, Has earned a nights repose.

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...

They who go Feel not the pain of parting; it is they Who stay behind...

They who go Feel not the pain of parting; it is they Who stay behind...

A thought often makes us hotter than a fire.

A thought often makes us hotter than a fire.

The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and...

The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and...

Into each life some rain must fall.

Into each life some rain must fall.

Be still, sad heart, and cease repining; Behind the clouds the sun is shining; Thy...

Be still, sad heart, and cease repining; Behind the clouds the sun is shining; Thy...

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...

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...

Talk not of wasted affection - affection never was wasted.

Talk not of wasted affection - affection never was wasted.

Therefore trust to thy heart, and to what the world calls illusions.

Therefore trust to thy heart, and to what the world calls illusions.

If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each...

If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each...

You would attain to the divine perfection, And yet not turn your back upon the...

You would attain to the divine perfection, And yet not turn your back upon the...

Man is always more than he can know of himself; consequently, his accomplishments, time and...

Man is always more than he can know of himself; consequently, his accomplishments, time and...

Some people still think knowledge is power.

Some people still think knowledge is power.

Shakespeare knew the human mind, and its most minute and intimate workings, and he never...

Shakespeare knew the human mind, and its most minute and intimate workings, and he never...