Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes

When a great man dies, for years the light he leaves behind him, lies on the paths of men. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

We often excuse our own want of philanthropy by giving the name of fanaticism to the more ardent zeal of others. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

We have not wings we cannot soar; but, we have feet to scale and climb, by slow degrees, by more and more, the cloudy summits of our time. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Under the spreading chestnut tree / The village smithy stands; / The smith, a mighty man is he, / With large and sinewy hands; / And the muscles of his brawny arms / Are strong as iron bands. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Trust no future, however pleasant! Let the dead past bury its dead! Act, act in the living present! Heart within and God overhead. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Trouble is the next best thing to enjoyment; there is no fate in the world so horrible as to have no share in either its joys or sorrows. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

To be left alone, and face to face with my own crime, had been just retribution. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

To be 70 years old is like climbing the Alps. You reach a snow-crowned summit, and see behind you the deep valley stretching miles and miles away, and before you other summits higher and whiter, which you may have strength to climb, or may not. Then. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Thy fate is the common fate of all;
Into each life some rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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