--- title: "4 Companions Slept Quotes By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow" description: "4 Companions Slept quotes by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Plus more from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and more Companions Slept sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/064/henry-wadsworth-longfellow-284_great-men_heights-by-great-men-reached-and-kept-we_35713.jpg" --- > [Heights by great men reached and kept were not obtained by sudden flight but, while their companions slept, they were toiling upward…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/heights-by-great-men-reached-and-kept-were-not-obtained-by-sudden/) [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/064/henry-wadsworth-longfellow-284_great-men_heights-by-great-men-reached-and-kept-we_35713.jpg) > [“The heights by which great men reach are not attained by sudden flight, but they while their companions slept went toiling upwards…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/the-heights-by-which-great-men-reach-are-not-attained-by-sudden/) [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b74/henry-wadsworth-longfellow-284_great-men_the-heights-by-which-great-men-reach-are_926345.jpg) > [The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/the-heights-by-great-men-reached-and-kept-were-not-attained-by-sudden-2/) [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01a/henry-wadsworth-longfellow-284_flight_the-heights-by-great-men-reached-and-kep_1561230.jpg) > [Men are four; He who knows and knows not that he knows. He is asleep; wake him. He who knows not and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/men-are-four-he-who-knows-and-knows-not-that-he-knows-he-is-asleep/) [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92e/henry-wadsworth-longfellow-284_children_men-are-four-he-who-knows-and-knows-not_1886945.jpg) ## More by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow > [The spring came suddenly, bursting upon the world as a child bursts into a room, with a laugh and a shout and hands full…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/the-spring-came-suddenly-bursting-upon-the-world-as-a-child-bursts/) [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/) > [In old age our bodies are worn-out instruments, on which the soul tries in vain to play the melodies of youth. But because the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/in-old-age-our-bodies-are-worn-out-instruments-on-which-the-soul/) [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/) > [“ Endymion The rising moon has hid the stars; Her level rays, like golden bars, Lie on the landscape green, With shadows brown between.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/endymion-the-rising-moon-has-hid-the-stars-her-level-rays-like-golden/) [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/) > [There's nothing fair nor beautiful, but takes Something from thee, that makes it beautiful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/there-s-nothing-fair-nor-beautiful-but-takes-something-from-thee-that/) [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/) > [Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/fame-comes-only-when-deserved-and-then-is-as-inevitable-as-destiny/) [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/) > [Nature paints not; In oils, but frescoes the great dome of heaven; With sunsets, and the lovely forms of clouds; And flying vapors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/nature-paints-not-in-oils-but-frescoes-the-great-dome-of-heaven-with/) [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/) > [“  Thus dwelt together in love these simple Acadian farmers,—   Dwelt in the love of God and of man. Alike were they free from   Fear,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/thus-dwelt-together-in-love-these-simple-acadian-farmers-dwelt-in-the/) [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/) > [The trees are white with dust, that o'er their sleep Wave their broad curtains in the south-wind's breath, While underneath such leafy tents they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/the-trees-are-white-with-dust-that-o-er-their-sleep-wave-their-broad/) [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/) > [Heights by great men reached and kept were not obtained by sudden flight but, while their companions slept, they were toiling upward in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/heights-by-great-men-reached-and-kept-were-not-obtained-by-sudden/) [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/) > [All things come round to him who will but wait.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/all-things-come-round-to-him-who-will-but-wait/) [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/) > [Ah, how skillful grows the hand That obeyeth Love's command! It is the heart, and not the brain, That to the highest doth attain,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/ah-how-skillful-grows-the-hand-that-obeyeth-love-s-command-it-is-the/) [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/) > [Thus departed Hiawatha, Hiawatha the Beloved, In the glory of the sunset, In the purple mists of evening, To the regions of the home-wind,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/thus-departed-hiawatha-hiawatha-the-beloved-in-the-glory-of-the/) [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/) > [Books are sepulchres of thought.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/books-are-sepulchres-of-thought/) [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/) > [Morality without religion is only a kind of dead reckoning - an endeavor to find our place on a cloudy sea by measuring the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/morality-without-religion-is-only-a-kind-of-dead-reckoning-an/) [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/) > [Buried was the bloody hatchet; Buried was the dreadful war-club; Buried were all warlike weapons, And the war-cry was forgotten. Then was peace among…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/buried-was-the-bloody-hatchet-buried-was-the-dreadful-war-club-buried/) [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/companions-slept/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/#itemlist", "name": "4 Companions Slept Quotes By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Heights by great men reached and kept were not obtained by sudden flight but, while their companions slept, they were toiling upward in the night.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Henry Wadsworth Longfellow" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/heights-by-great-men-reached-and-kept-were-not-obtained-by-sudden/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/064/henry-wadsworth-longfellow-284_great-men_heights-by-great-men-reached-and-kept-we_35713.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/064/henry-wadsworth-longfellow-284_great-men_heights-by-great-men-reached-and-kept-we_35713.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/064/henry-wadsworth-longfellow-284_great-men_heights-by-great-men-reached-and-kept-we_35713.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Heights by great men reached and kept were not obtained by sudden flight but, while their companions slept…” — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The heights by which great men reach are not attained by sudden flight, but they while their companions slept went toiling upwards through the night. 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