Quotes by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

For his heart was in his work, and the heart giveth grace unto every art.

Therefore trust to thy heart, and to what the world calls illusions.

It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.

Lives of great men all remind us, we can make our lives sublime, and, departing, leave behind us, footprints on the sands of time.

There is no grief like the grief that does not speak.

However things may seem, no evil thing is success and no good thing is failure.

The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do without thought of fame. If it comes at all it will come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after.

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.

The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized.

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.