The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but in active charity and in willing service

Quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Topics: Charity Quotes, Life Quotes, Social Service Quotes

The rapture of pursuing is the prize the vanquished gain.

The rapture of pursuing is the prize the vanquished gain.

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...

Trust no future, however pleasant! Let the dead past bury its dead! Act, act in...

Trust no future, however pleasant! Let the dead past bury its dead! Act, act in...

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we...

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we...

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

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

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...

A thought often makes us hotter than a fire.

A thought often makes us hotter than a fire.

Evil is only good perverted.

Evil is only good perverted.

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

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

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...

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...

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.

Then followed that beautiful season... Summer.... Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical...

Then followed that beautiful season... Summer.... Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical...

That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.

That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we...

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we...

The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight, But...

The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight, But...

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...

If you can dream it, you can do it.

If you can dream it, you can do it.

Cause change and lead; accept change and survive; resist change and die.

Cause change and lead; accept change and survive; resist change and die.

Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind,...

Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind,...