The nearer the dawn the darker the night.

Quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Topics: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes

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...

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

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

The setting of a great hope is like the setting of the sun. The brightness...

The setting of a great hope is like the setting of the sun. The brightness...

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

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

Kind hearts are the gardens, Kind thoughts are the roots, Kind words are the flowers,...

Kind hearts are the gardens, Kind thoughts are the roots, Kind words are the flowers,...

Build today, then strong and sure, With a firm and ample base; And ascending and...

Build today, then strong and sure, With a firm and ample base; And ascending and...

Into each life some rain must fall, some days must be dark and dreary.

Into each life some rain must fall, some days must be dark and dreary.

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.

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

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

Evil is only good perverted.

Evil is only good perverted.

The Helicon of too many poets is not a hill crowned with sunshine and visited...

The Helicon of too many poets is not a hill crowned with sunshine and visited...

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,...

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...

In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.

In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child.

A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child.

There is no grief like the grief that does not speak.

There is no grief like the grief that does not speak.