All Thomas Wentworth Higginson Quotes
- In an audience of rough people a generous sentiment always brings down the house. In the tumult of war both sides applaud a heroic deed. Always Brings
- Originality is simply a pair of fresh eyes.... Eye
- Noble discontent is the path to heaven. Discontent
- After all, when a thought takes one's breath away, a lesson on grammar seems an impertinence. All
- It is no discredit to Walt Whitman that he wrote Leaves of Grass, only that he did not burn it afterwards. Afterwards
- Fields are won by those who believe in the winning. Believe
- Great men are rarely isolated mountain-peaks; they are the summits of ranges. Great
- To be really cosmopolitan a man must be at home even in his own country. Cosmopolitan
- Do not waste a minute - not a second - in trying to demonstrate to others the merits of your performance. If your work does… Demonstrate
- All... religions show the same disparity between belief and practice, and each is safe till it tries to exclude the rest. Test each sect by… All
- What are Raphael's Madonnas but the shadow of a mother's love, fixed in permanent outline forever? Fixed
- If I were to choose among all gifts and qualities that which, on the whole, makes life pleasantest, I should select the love of children.… All
- An easy thing, O Power Divine, To thank thee for these gifts of Thine, For summer's sunshine, winter's snow, For hearts that kindle thoughts that… Divine
- How many lessons of faith and beauty we should lose, if there were no winter in our year! Beauty
- There are no days in the whole round year more delicious than those which often come to us in the latter half of April... The… All
- The first wild-flower of the year is like land after sea. First Wild
- After all, when a thought takes one's breath away, a lesson on grammar seems an impertinence. As Ruskin wrote in his earlier and better days,… All
- But days even earlier than these in April have a charm, — even days that seem raw and rainy.... There is a fascination in walking… All
- In our methodical American life, we still recognize some magic in summer. Most persons at least resign themselves to being decently happy in June. They… Accept
- As the spring comes on, and the densening outlines of the elm give daily a new design for a Grecian urn, — its hue, first… Appreciate
- Only yonder magnificent pine-tree... holds her unchanging beauty throughout the year, like her half-brother, the ocean, whose voice she shares; and only marks the flowing… All
- Life is as inexorable as the sea. Inexorable
- What instruction the baby brings to the mother! Baby
- The bee himself did not evade the schoolboy more than she evaded me, and even at this day I still stand somewhat bewildered, like the… Bee
- The test of an author is not to be found merely in the number of his phrases that pass current in the corner of newspapers...… Author