Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an American poet and educator, renowned for his lyrical poems and storytelling. His works, such as "Paul Revere's Ride" and "The Song of Hiawatha," have become classics of American literature. He is remembered for making poetry accessible and beloved to generations of readers. Here are 318 of his quotes:

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done. (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity. View quote
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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. View quote
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Music is the universal language of mankind. View quote
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Give what you have. To someone, it may be better than you dare to think. View quote
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy. View quote
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The young may die, but the old must! View quote
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Whenever nature leaves a hole in a person's mind, she generally plasters it over with a thick coat of self-conceit. View quote
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. View quote
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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. View quote
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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. (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child. View quote
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
He that respects himself is safe from others. He wears a coat of mail that none can pierce. View quote
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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. View quote
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Each morning sees some task begun, each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done, has earned a night's repose. View quote
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. View quote
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions. View quote
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
When she had passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music. View quote
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
All things come round to him who will but wait. View quote
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
All things must change to something new, to something strange. View quote
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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 love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books. View quote
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, only a signal shown, and a distant voice in the darkness; So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another, only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence. View quote
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
For his heart was in his work, and the heart giveth grace unto every art. View quote
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Talk not of wasted affection, affection never was wasted; If it enrich not the heart of another, its waters, returning Back to their springs, like the rain, shall fill them full of refreshment; That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain. View quote
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Image
Occupation: American Poet
Born: February 27, 1807
Died: March 24, 1882
Quotes count: 318
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