Lives of great men all remind us, we can make our lives sublime, and, departing, leave behind us, footprints on the sands of time. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
He that respects himself is safe from others. He wears a coat of mail that none can pierce. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and defeat. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Build today, then strong and sure, With a firm and ample base; And ascending and secure. Shall tomorrow find its place. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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
Whoever benefits his enemy with straightforward intention that man’s enemies will soon fold their hands in devotion. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The mind of the scholar, if he would leave it large and liberal, should come in contact with other minds. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
It is foolish to pretend that one is fully recovered from a disappointed passion. Such wounds always leave a scar. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Intelligence and courtesy not always are combined; Often in a wooden house a golden room we find. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
It is a beautiful trait in the lover’s character, that they think no evil of the object loved. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
They who go Feel not the pain of parting; it is they Who stay behind that suffer. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
However things may seem, no evil thing is success and no good thing is failure. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Method is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies. By dropping golden beads near a snake, a crow once managed To have a passer-by kill the snake for the beads. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Let us, then, be up and doing, with a heart for any fate; still achieving, still pursuing, learn to labor and to wait. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
