When the fight begins within himself, a man's worth something.

Quote by Robert Browning

Topics: Self Restraint Quotes

I count life just a stuff to try the soul's strength on.

I count life just a stuff to try the soul's strength on.

I give the fight up: let there be an end, a privacy, an obscure nook...

I give the fight up: let there be an end, a privacy, an obscure nook...

Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a cage, or squirrels in a chain, ambitious...

Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a cage, or squirrels in a chain, ambitious...

And gain is gain, however small

And gain is gain, however small

In heaven I yearn for knowledge, account all else inanity; On earth I confess an...

In heaven I yearn for knowledge, account all else inanity; On earth I confess an...

I have dared and done, for my resting-place is found, The C major of this...

I have dared and done, for my resting-place is found, The C major of this...

I trust in nature for the stable laws of beauty and utility. Spring shall plant...

I trust in nature for the stable laws of beauty and utility. Spring shall plant...

Earth changes, but thy soul and God stand sure.

Earth changes, but thy soul and God stand sure.

God is the perfect poet.

God is the perfect poet.

Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp. Or what's a heaven for?

Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp. Or what's a heaven for?

All we have gained then by our unbelief Is a life of doubt diversified by...

All we have gained then by our unbelief Is a life of doubt diversified by...

One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, never doubted clouds would break,...

One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, never doubted clouds would break,...

You should not take a fellow eight years old and make him swear to never...

You should not take a fellow eight years old and make him swear to never...

The moment eternal - just that and no more - When ecstasy's utmost we clutch...

The moment eternal - just that and no more - When ecstasy's utmost we clutch...

Ignorance is not innocence but sin

Ignorance is not innocence but sin

Take away love and our earth is a tomb.

Take away love and our earth is a tomb.

For life, with all its yields of joy and woe, And hope and fear, -...

For life, with all its yields of joy and woe, And hope and fear, -...

White shall not neutralize the black, nor good compensate bad in man, absolve him so:...

White shall not neutralize the black, nor good compensate bad in man, absolve him so:...

Perhaps one has to be very old before one learns to be amused rather than...

Perhaps one has to be very old before one learns to be amused rather than...

Autumn wins you best by this its mute appeal to sympathy for its decay.

Autumn wins you best by this its mute appeal to sympathy for its decay.