Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes

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

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Inspirational, Funny, Positive

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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.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  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.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Success, Waiting, Excellence

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

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Silence, Soul, Solitude

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

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

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Regret, Men, Average

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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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• All things must change
  To something new, to something strange.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Change, Strange, Something New

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2012). “My Complete Poetical Works (Annotated Edition)”, p.875, Jazzybee Verlag

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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.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Life, Happiness, Sad

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

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Memories, Heart, Mind

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• O Music! language of the soul, Of love, of God to man; Bright beam from heaven thrilling, That lightens sorrow's weight.

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  Music, Men, Heaven

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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.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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

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  Opportunity, Victory, Way

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• In this world a man must either be anvil or hammer.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Leadership, Work, Character

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1839). “Hyperion: A Romance”, p.203

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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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• 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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• Give what you have. To some one, it may be better than you dare to think.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Inspirational, Life, Kindness

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1854). “The Works of Henry W. Longfellow”

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• The spring came suddenly, bursting upon the world as a child bursts into a room, with a laugh and a shout and hands full of flowers.

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  Children, Spring, Flower

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

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• The human voice is the organ of the soul.

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  Voice, Soul, Organs

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• Each day is a branch of the Tree of Life laden heavily with fruit. If we lie down lazily beneath it, we may starve; but if we shake the branches, some of the fruit will fall for us.

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  Life, Lying, Fall

  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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• Silently, one by one, in the infinite meadows of heaven, Blossomed the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the angels.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Stars, Angel, Moon Night

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2012). “Evangeline and Other Poems”, p.23, Courier Corporation

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• The soul...is audible, not visible.

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  Spiritual, Soul, Visible

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