Whether we be young or old,Our destiny, our being's heart and home,Is with infinitude, and only there;With hope it is, hope that can never die,Effort and expectation, and desire,And something evermore about to be.

Quote by William Wordsworth

Topics: Destiny Quotes, Expectation Quotes

What we need is not the will to believe, but the wish to find out.

What we need is not the will to believe, but the wish to find out.

Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher.

Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher.

Life is divided into three terms - that which was, which is, and which will...

Life is divided into three terms - that which was, which is, and which will...

When from our better selves we have too long been parted by the hurrying world,...

When from our better selves we have too long been parted by the hurrying world,...

Faith is a passionate intuition.

Faith is a passionate intuition.

The little unremembered acts of kindness and love are the best parts of a person's...

The little unremembered acts of kindness and love are the best parts of a person's...

Suffering is permanent, obscure and dark, And shares the nature of infinity.

Suffering is permanent, obscure and dark, And shares the nature of infinity.

Neither evil tongues, Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, Nor greetings where no...

Neither evil tongues, Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, Nor greetings where no...

The world is too much with us; late and soon, getting and spending, we lay...

The world is too much with us; late and soon, getting and spending, we lay...

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

How does the Meadow flower its bloom unfold? Because the lovely little flower is free...

How does the Meadow flower its bloom unfold? Because the lovely little flower is free...

For I have learned to look on nature, not as in the hour of thoughtless...

For I have learned to look on nature, not as in the hour of thoughtless...

Heaven lies about us in our infancy! Shades of the prison-house begin to close upon...

Heaven lies about us in our infancy! Shades of the prison-house begin to close upon...

Nature never did betray the heart that loved her.

Nature never did betray the heart that loved her.

I listened, motionless and still; And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in...

I listened, motionless and still; And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in...

Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting. Not in entire forgetfulness, and not...

Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting. Not in entire forgetfulness, and not...

Whether we be young or old,Our destiny, our being's heart and home,Is with infinitude, and...

Whether we be young or old,Our destiny, our being's heart and home,Is with infinitude, and...

The human mind is capable of excitement without the application of gross and violent stimulants;...

The human mind is capable of excitement without the application of gross and violent stimulants;...

Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected...

Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected...

The child is father of the man.

The child is father of the man.