“If we could read the secret history of our enemies we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.”
History
“Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.”
GreatAll Quotes by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“Men of genius are often dull and inert in society as the blazing meteor, when it descends to earth, is only a stone.”
Society“Whenever nature leaves a hole in a person's mind, she generally plasters it over with a thick coat of self-conceit.”
Nature“Thought takes man out of servitude, into freedom.”
Freedom“Lives of great men all remind us, we can make our lives sublime, and, departing, leave behind us, footprints on the sands of time.”
Great“Heights by great men reached and kept were not obtained by sudden flight but, while their companions slept, they were toiling upward in the night.”
Great“For age is opportunity no less Than youth itself, though in another dress, And as the evening twilight fades away The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.”
Age“Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.”
Sad“A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.”
Learning“The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do without thought of fame. If it comes at all it will come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after.”
Success“The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized.”
Strength“Each morning sees some task begun, each evening sees it close Something attempted, something done, has earned a night's repose.”
Morning“People demand freedom only when they have no power.”
Freedom“There is no grief like the grief that does not speak.”
Sympathy“The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.”
Best“The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books.”
Education“Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.”
Great“It is difficult to know at what moment love begins it is less difficult to know that it has begun.”
Love“The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but in active charity and in willing service.”
Dreams“When she had passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music.”
Music