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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  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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  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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  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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• Let us labor for an inward stillness-- An inward stillness and an inward healing. That perfect silence where the lips and heart Are still, and we no longer entertain Our own imperfect thoughts and vain opinions, But God alone speaks to us and we wait In singleness of heart that we may know His will, and in the silence of our spirits, That we may do His will and do that only

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  Healing, Heart, Perfect

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2012). “My Complete Poetical Works (Annotated Edition)”, p.1264, Jazzybee Verlag

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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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  If we love one another, nothing, in truth, can harm us, whatever mischances may happen.

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  Brotherhood, May, Love One Another

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, J. D. McClatchy (2000). “Poems and Other Writings”, p.81, Library of America

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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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• Ah, Nothing is too late, till the tired heart shall cease to palpitate.

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  Tired, Heart, Too Late

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2012). “My Complete Poetical Works (Annotated Edition)”, p.838, Jazzybee Verlag

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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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• Nature paints not; In oils, but frescoes the great dome of heaven; With sunsets, and the lovely forms of clouds; And flying vapors.

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  Sunset, Clouds, Oil

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1912). “The complete poetical works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow”, p.2014, Library of Alexandria

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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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• It is foolish to pretend that one is fully recovered from a disappointed passion. Such wounds always leave a scar.

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  Heartbreak, Betrayal, Passion

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• Live up to the best that is in you: Live noble lives, as you all may, in whatever condition you may find yourselves.

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  Life, Self Improvement, Noble

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• Be still, sad heart! and cease repining; Behind the clouds is the sun still shining; Thy fate is the common fate of all, Into each life some rain must fall

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  Rain, Fall, Heart

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, J. D. McClatchy (2000). “Poems and Other Writings”, p.18, Library of America

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• Know how sublime a thing it is to suffer and be strong.

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  Strength, Strong, Grief

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1849). “The Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ; Complete in One Volume”, p.10

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• Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time.

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  Life, Change, Sympathy

  "A Psalm of Life" st. 7 (1838)

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• Man is always more than he can know of himself; consequently, his accomplishments, time and again, will come as a surprise to him.

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  Success, Work, Self Esteem

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• Every man must patiently bide his time. He must wait -- not in listless idleness but in constant, steady, cheerful endeavors, always willing and fulfilling and accomplishing his task, that when the occasion comes he may be equal to the occasion.

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  Patience, Men, Waiting

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Illustrated)”, p.1882, Delphi Classics

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• A feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin to pain, And resembles sorrow only As the mist resembles the rain.

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  Pain, Rain, Sadness

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1988). “Selected Poems”, p.302, Penguin

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• Art is the gift of God, and must be used unto His glory.

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  Art, Glory, Used

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Illustrated)”, p.1489, Delphi Classics

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• Thus at the flaming forge of life
  Our fortunes must be wrought;
  Thus on its sounding anvil shaped
  Each burning deed and thought!

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  Life, Burning, Deeds

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1871). “The Poetical Works”, p.37

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• Music is the universal language of mankind.

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  Music, Appreciation, Teacher

  1835 OutreMer. Also attributed to Christopher North (1865-1954).

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• Look, then, into thine heart, and write!

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  Writing, Heart, Looks

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1839). “Voices of the Night”, p.15

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