924 quotes found
“So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man,When Duty whispers low, 'Thou must,' The youth whispers, 'I can.”
“The South-wind bringsLife, sunshine and desire,And on every mount and meadowBreathes aromatic fire;But over the dead he has no power,The lost, the lost, he cannot restore;And, looking over the hill...”
“If peace is to be maintained, it must be by brave men, who have come up to the same height as the hero, namely, the will to carry their life in their hand, and stake it at any instant for their pri...”
“I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.”
“Love what is simple and beautiful. These are the essentials.”
“By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote.”
“If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.”
“The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.”
“Quotation confesses inferiority.”
“Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true.”
“To finish the moment, to find the journey's end in every step of the road, to live the greatest number of good hours, is wisdom.”
“Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.”
“At times the whole world seems to be in conspiracy to importune you with emphatic trifles. Friend, client, child, sickness, fear, want, charity, all knock at once at thy closet door and say,'Come o...”
“Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.”
“For what avail the plough or sail, or land or life, if freedom fail?”
“Outside, among your fellows, among strangers, you must perceive appearances, a hundred things you cannot do; but inside, the terrible freedom!”
“Some people will tell you there is a great deal of poetry and fine sentiment in a chest of tea.”
“Every word was once a poem.”
“Doubt not, O poet, but persist. Say 'It is in me, and shall out.' Stand there, balked and dumb, stuttering and stammering, hissed and hooted, stand and strive, until at last rage draw out of thee t...”
“The secret of poetry is never explained - is always new. We have not got farther than mere wonder at the delicacy of the touch, & the eternity it inherits. In every house a child that in mere play ...”
