The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do without thought of fame. If it comes at all it will come because it is deserved, not because it is…

Quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Topics: Fame Quotes, Success Quotes

The rapture of pursuing is the prize the vanquished gain.

The rapture of pursuing is the prize the vanquished gain.

Love gives itself; it is not bought.

Love gives itself; it is not bought.

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...

When she had passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music.

When she had passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music.

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

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

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...

The human voice is the organ of the soul.

The human voice is the organ of the soul.

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

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

Do not condemn the judgment of another because it differs from your own. You may...

Do not condemn the judgment of another because it differs from your own. You may...

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...

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.

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;...

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

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

I have an affection for a great city. I feel safe in the neighborhood of...

I have an affection for a great city. I feel safe in the neighborhood of...

Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present,...

Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present,...

I feel a kind of reverence for the first books of young authors. There is...

I feel a kind of reverence for the first books of young authors. There is...

The first pressure of sorrow crushes out from our hearts the best wine; afterwards the...

The first pressure of sorrow crushes out from our hearts the best wine; afterwards the...

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

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

For some moments in life there are no words.

For some moments in life there are no words.

In the night of death, hope sees a star, and listening love can hear the...

In the night of death, hope sees a star, and listening love can hear the...