To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.

Quote by Alfred Lord Tennyson

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Old men must die, or the word would grow moldy, would only breed the past...

Old men must die, or the word would grow moldy, would only breed the past...

Manners are not idle, but the fruit. Of loyal nature and of noble mind.

Manners are not idle, but the fruit. Of loyal nature and of noble mind.

In the long years liker they must grow; The man be more of woman, she...

In the long years liker they must grow; The man be more of woman, she...

Believe me, than in half the creeds.

Believe me, than in half the creeds.

Let the great world spin for ever down the ringing grooves of change.

Let the great world spin for ever down the ringing grooves of change.

Authority forgets a dying king.

Authority forgets a dying king.

All experience is an arch wherethrough gleams that untravelled world whose margin fades for ever...

All experience is an arch wherethrough gleams that untravelled world whose margin fades for ever...

There is more faith in an honest doubt, believe me, than in half the creeds

There is more faith in an honest doubt, believe me, than in half the creeds

Sweet is true love that is given in vain, and sweet is death that takes...

Sweet is true love that is given in vain, and sweet is death that takes...

A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.

A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.

Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control - these three alone lead to power

Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control - these three alone lead to power

The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but...

The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but...

Blind and naked ignorance delivers brawling judgments, unashamed, on all things all day long

Blind and naked ignorance delivers brawling judgments, unashamed, on all things all day long

'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

Tis not too late to seek a newer world.

Tis not too late to seek a newer world.

My strength is as the strength of ten, because my heart is pure

My strength is as the strength of ten, because my heart is pure

Shape your heart to front the hour, but dream not that the hours will last.

Shape your heart to front the hour, but dream not that the hours will last.

Ours not to reason why, ours but to do and die.

Ours not to reason why, ours but to do and die.

And out of darkness came the hands that reach thro' nature, moulding men.

And out of darkness came the hands that reach thro' nature, moulding men.

A day may sink or save a realm.

A day may sink or save a realm.