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
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
The setting of a great hope is like the setting of the sun. The brightness of our life is gone.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
There's a brave fellow! There's a man of pluck! A man who's not afraid to say his say, Though a whole town's against him.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
'Twas Easter-Sunday. The full-blossomed trees Filled all the air with fragrance and with joy.
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
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
In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
This is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks...Stand like Druids of old.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow