May Quotes by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Defeat may be victory in disguise.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Give what you have to somebody, it may be better than you think.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The young may die, but the old must!

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Live up to the best that is in you: Live noble lives, as you all may, in whatever condition you may find…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

What seems to us but dim funeral tapers may be heaven's distant lamps.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Give what you have. To some one, it may be better than you dare to think.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

If we love one another, nothing, in truth, can harm us, whatever mischances may happen.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Our pleasures and our discontents, Are rounds by which we may ascend.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Sometimes we may learn more from a man's errors, than from his virtues.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

One half the world must sweat and groan that the other half may dream.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

A word that has been said may be unsaid-it is but air. But when a deed is done, it cannot be undone,…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Each day is a branch of the Tree of Life laden heavily with fruit. If we lie down lazily beneath it, we…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

No man is so poor as to have nothing worth giving; as well might the mountain streamlets say they have nothing to…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

There are things of which I may not speak; There are dreams that cannot die; There are thoughts that make the strong…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

No man is so poor as that. As well might the mountain streamlets say they have nothing worth giving to the sea,…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Every man must patiently bide his time. He must wait -- not in listless idleness but in constant, steady, cheerful endeavors, always…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Maiden, that read'st this simple rhyme, Enjoy thy youth, it will not stay; Enjoy the fragrance of thy prime, For oh, it…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

We see but dimly through the mists and vapors; Amid these earthly damps What seem to us but sad, funereal tapers May…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

There are two angels that attend unseen Each one of us, and in great books record Our good and evil deeds. He…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Let us labor for an inward stillness-- An inward stillness and an inward healing. That perfect silence where the lips and heart…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

To be seventy years old is like climbing the Alps. You reach a snow-crowned summit, and see behind you the deep valley…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The natural alone is permanent. Fantastic idols may be worshipped for a while; but at length they are overturned by the continual…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

In the life of every man there are sudden transitions of feeling, which seem almost miraculous. At once, as if some magician…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

As a fond mother, when the day is o'er, Leads by the hand her little child to bed, Half willing, half reluctant…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

How far the gulf-stream of our youth may flow Into the arctic regions of our lives, Where little else than life itself…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Among the noblest in the land - Though man may count himself the least - That man I honor and revere, Who…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow