Inspirational Quotations by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  • If you would hit the mark,
    you must aim a little above it;
    every arrow that flies feels the attraction of earth.
    From Issue 89
  • The heights by great men reached and kept,
    were not attained by sudden flight;
    But they while their companions slept,
    were toiling upwards in the night.
    From Issue 105
  • We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing,
    while others judge us by what we have already done.
    From Issue 168
  • We see but dimly through the mists and vapors;
    Amid these earthly damps
    What seem to us but sad, funeral tapers
    May be heaven's distant lamps.
    From Issue 219
  • 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.
    From Issue 266
  • If spring came but once a century instead of once a year,
    or burst forth with the sound of an earthquake and not in silence,
    what wonder and expectation there would
    be in all hearts to behold the miraculous change.
    From Issue 297
  • Enjoy the spring of love and youth,
    to some good angel leave the rest;
    For time will teach thee soon the truth,
    there are no birds in last year's nest.
    From Issue 299

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