The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy.

Quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Topics: Firmness Quotes

And the night shall be filled with music, and the cares that infest the day...

And the night shall be filled with music, and the cares that infest the day...

Intelligence and courtesy not always are combined; Often in a wooden house a golden room...

Intelligence and courtesy not always are combined; Often in a wooden house a golden room...

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.

If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure...

If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure...

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...

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

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

I venerate old age; and I love not the man who can look without emotion...

I venerate old age; and I love not the man who can look without emotion...

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...

Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud...

Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud...

The counterfeit and counterpart of Nature is reproduced in art.

The counterfeit and counterpart of Nature is reproduced in art.

The nearer the dawn the darker the night.

The nearer the dawn the darker the night.

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.

Music is the universal language of mankind

Music is the universal language of mankind

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...

I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where;...

I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where;...

Next to being a great poet, is the power of understanding one

Next to being a great poet, is the power of understanding one

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 best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.

The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.

The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.

The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.

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...