Quotes by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Be still, sad heart, and cease repining; Behind the clouds the sun is shining; Thy...

#Fate

The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy

#Firmness

Give what you have to somebody, it may be better than you think.

#Giving

He had mittens, Minjekahwun, Magic mittens made of deer-skin; When upon his hands he wore...

#Magic

The holiest of all holidays are those kept by ourselves in silence and apart; the...

#Major Holidays

Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the...

#Art, #Motherhood, #Nature

You would attain to the divine perfection, And yet not turn your back upon the...

#Perfection

Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud...

#Perseverance

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

#Poets, #Understanding

Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is godlike.

#Silence

In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.

#Simplicity

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we...

#Men, #Sadness, #Sorrow