"Who never wins can rarely lose, Who never……" — John Greenleaf Whittier
"Who never wins can rarely lose, Who never climbs as rarely falls"
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139 Quotes by John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier has 139 quotes on this site.
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Through the open door A drowsy smell of flowers -grey heliotrope And white sweet clover, and shy mignonette Comes fairly…
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The laws of changeless justice bind oppressor and oppressed; and, close as sin and suffering joined we march to fate…
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He is wisest, who only gives, True to himself, the best he can: Who drifting on the winds of praise,…
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We live by faith; but Faith is not the slave Of text and legend. Reason's voice and God's, Nature's and…
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Drop Thy still dews of quietness, Till all our strivings cease; Take from our souls the strain and stress, And…
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God's ways seem dark, but, soon or late, They touch the shining hills of day; The evil cannot brook delay,…
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I know not where His islands lift Their fronded palms in air; I only know I cannot drift Beyond His…
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God is good and God is light In this faith I rest secure, Evil can but serve the right, Over…
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And step by step, since time began, I see the steady gain of man.
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Give lettered pomp to teeth of Time, So "Bonnie Doon" but tarry; Blot out the epic's stately rhyme, But spare…
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The age is dull and mean. Men creep, Not walk; with blood too pale and tame To pay the debt…
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So fallen! so lost! the light withdrawn Which once he wore; The glory from his gray hairs gone For evermore!
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More Climbs Quotes
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If there was the opportunity to climb a mountain, or to go ballooning, or some adventurous activity, I would always…
— Roger Bannister
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I may climb perhaps to no great heights, but I will climb alone.
— Cyrano de Bergerac
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The soul grows by reincarnation in bodies provided by nature, more complex, more powerful, as the soul unfolds greater and…
— Annie Besant
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Once you climb to another level, you have to figure out how to sustain it.
— Mary J. Blige
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Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a cage, or squirrels in a chain, ambitious men still climb and climb,…
— Robert Burton
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The allegedly 'classy' magazines often seem to be in an endless, undeclared competition to see who can climb furthest up…
— Julie Burchill
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We climb to heaven most often on the ruins of our cherished plans, finding our failures were successes.
— Amos Bronson Alcott
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When you reach the top, that's when the climb begins.
— Michael Caine
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You cannot push any one up a ladder unless he be willing to climb a little himself.
— Andrew Carnegie
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Forgiveness takes the burden of hate, guilt, and bitterness off your back and, with a lighter load, you can climb…
— Zig Ziglar
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When we face seemingly insurmountable obstacles in the fulfillment of righteous responsibilities, we should remember that when we are involved…
— Dallin H. Oaks
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Happiness is not at the top of the mountain, but in how to climb.
— Confucius
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