Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes

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• Kind hearts are the gardens, Kind thoughts are the roots, Kind words are the flowers, Kind deeds are the fruits, Take care of your garden And keep out the weeds, Fill it with sunshine, Kind words, and Kind deeds.

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  Weed, Kindness, Flower

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  It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.

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  Inspirational, Funny, Positive

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  A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.

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  Positive, Single, Wise

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Illustrated)”, p.1873, Delphi Classics

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• Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.

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  Clouds, Shining, Sun

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1865). “Household Poems”, p.20

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• We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.

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  Inspirational, Education, Spiritual

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1849). “Kavanagh: A Tale”, p.3

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• Difficulty on the way to victory is opportunity for God to work

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  Opportunity, Victory, Way

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  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.

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  Life, Inspiring, Sympathy

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1872). “Outre Mer. Driftwood”

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• The heart, like the mind, has a memory. And in it are kept the most precious keepsakes.

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  Memories, Heart, Mind

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• Success is not something to wait for, it is something to work for.

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  Success, Waiting, Excellence

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• Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.

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  Life, Happiness, Sad

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• The great tragedy of the average man is that he goes to his grave with his music still in him.

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  Regret, Men, Average

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• Silence and solitude, the soul's best friends.

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  Silence, Soul, Solitude

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Illustrated)”, p.1522, Delphi Classics

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• Glorious indeed is the world of God around us, but more glorious the world of God within us.

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  World, Glorious, God Within Us

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2012). “Hyperion”, p.55, Jazzybee Verlag

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• Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart.

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  Inspirational, Life, Wisdom

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Illustrated)”, p.2016, Delphi Classics

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• In youth all doors open outward; in old age all open inward.

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  Doors, Age, Inward

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Illustrated)”, p.2429, Delphi Classics

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• Men are four;
  He who knows and knows not that he knows. He is asleep; wake him.
  He who knows not and knows not that he knows not. He is a fool; shun him.
  He who knows not and knows that he knows not. He is a child; teach him.
  He who knows and knows that he knows. He is a king; follow him.
  The heights by great men reached and kept
  Were not attained by sudden flight,
  But they, while their companions slept,
  Were toiling upward in the night.

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  Kings, Children, Night

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• The sea hath its pearls
  The heaven hath its stars
  But my heart, my heart
  Has its love.

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  Romantic, Boyfriend, Stars

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1849). “The Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ; Complete in One Volume”, p.113

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• Great is the art of beginning, but greater is the art of ending.

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  Goodbye, Art, Business

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow “The Complete Poems of Longfellow”, Library of Alexandria

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• If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it.

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  Inspirational, Motivational, Archery

  'Elegiac Verse' (1880)

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• Our hearts are lamps for ever burning.

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  Heart, Lamps, Burning

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2012). “My Complete Poetical Works (Annotated Edition)”, p.1203, Jazzybee Verlag

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• He that respects himself is safe from others. He wears a coat of mail that none can pierce.

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  Respect, Self Esteem, Coats

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2012). “My Complete Poetical Works (Annotated Edition)”, p.1501, Jazzybee Verlag

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• Sometimes we may learn more from a man's errors, than from his virtues.

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  Time, Mistake, Learning

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1871). “Hyperion: A Romance”, p.323

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• 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.

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  Inspirational, Motivational, Perseverance

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1888). “Longfellow's Days: The Longfellow Prose Birthday Book : Extracts from the Journals and Letters of H. W. Longfellow”

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• Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity.

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  Character, Perfection, Simplicity

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2012). “Kavanagh (Annotated Edition)”, p.46, Jazzybee Verlag

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• There is no death! What seems so is transition; this life of mortal breath is but a suburb of the life elysian, whose portal we call Death.

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  Inspirational, Life, Death

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1871). “The Poetical Works”, p.134

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