926 Quotes by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

And in despair I bowed my head; "There is no peace on earth," I said; "For hate is strong, And mocks the song Of peace on earth, good-will to men!" Then pealed the bells more loud and deep: "God is not dead, nor doth he sleep! The Wrong shall fail, the Right prevail, With peace on earth, good-will to men!

Ah, to build, to build! That is the noblest of all the arts.

Our hearts are lamps for ever burning...

A thought often makes us hotter than a fire.

Man is unjust, but God is just; and finally justice triumphs.

'Twas Easter-Sunday. The full-blossomed trees Filled all the air with fragrance and with joy.

Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach we are never satisfied.

Talk not of wasted affection, affection never was wasted; If it enrich not the heart of another, its waters, returning Back to their springs, like the rain, shall fill them full of refreshment; That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.

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