Great men Quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The heights that great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flights; but they, while their companions slept, toiled upwards in the…

— Longfellow

“The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not attained by sudden flight. But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in…

— John Wooden

“The heights by which great men reach are not attained by sudden flight, but they while their companions slept went toiling upwards through the…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“Heights by great men reached and kept, were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, kept toiling upwards through the…

— Tan Morgan

Somewhere in your make-up there lies sleeping, the seed of achievement which, if aroused and put into action, would carry you to heights, such…

— Napoleon Hill

Were all men equal to-night, some would get the start by rising an hour earlier to-morrow.

— Elizabeth Gaskell

For a while they stood there, like men on the edge of a sleep where nightmare lurks, holding it off, though they know that…

— Anonymous

“As he was cast over the edge, he was able to turn and look upward. Falling, he saw a dark figure in the sky…

— Roger Zelazny

On their sofas of spice and feathers, the concubines also slept fretfully. In those days the Earth was still flat, and people dreamed often…

— Tom Robbins

“And while the other creatures on all fours Look downwards, man was made to hold his head Erect in majesty and see the sky,…

— A. D. Melville

“The lanterns filled the sky, pulsing with the harmonious light of fireflies, and a great host of ghosts departed from the earth to join…

— Heather Heffner