There is nothing holier in this life of ours than the first consciousness of love, the first fluttering of its silken wings.

Quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Topics: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes

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...

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,...

There is no grief like the grief that does not speak

There is no grief like the grief that does not speak

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

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

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...

Silently one by one, in the infinite meadows of heaven, Blossomed the lovely stars, the...

Silently one by one, in the infinite meadows of heaven, Blossomed the lovely stars, the...

Archly the maiden smiled, with eyes overrunning with laughter, Said, in a tremulous voice, 'Why...

Archly the maiden smiled, with eyes overrunning with laughter, Said, in a tremulous voice, 'Why...

Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach...

Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach...

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...

Resolve and thou art free.

Resolve and thou art free.

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

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

Age is opportunity no less than youth itself.

Age is opportunity no less than youth itself.

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...

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...

Nature is a revelation of God; Art is a revelation of man

Nature is a revelation of God; Art is a revelation of man

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.

Love gives itself; it is not bought.

Love gives itself; it is not bought.

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

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

Whenever nature leaves a hole in a person's mind, she generally plasters it over with...

Whenever nature leaves a hole in a person's mind, she generally plasters it over with...

The rapture of pursuing is the prize the vanquished gain.

The rapture of pursuing is the prize the vanquished gain.