926 Quotes by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Talk not of wasted affection – affection never was wasted.

Every man must patiently bide his time. He must wait – not in listless idleness but in constant, steady, cheerful endeavors, always willing and fulfilling and accomplishing his task, that when the occasion comes he may be equal to the occasion.

How can I teach your children gentleness and mercy to the weak, and reverence for life, which in its nakedness and excess, is still a gleam of God’s omnipotence, when by your laws, your actions and your speech, you contradict the very things I teach?

Love is the root of creation; God’s essence; worlds without number Lie in his bosom like children; he made them for this purpose only. Only to love and to be loved again.

Ambition’s cradle oftenest is its grave.

It is Lucifer, The son of mystery; And since God suffers him to be, He too, is God’s minister, And labors for some good By us not understood.

The trees are white with dust, that o’er their sleep Wave their broad curtains in the south-wind’s breath, While underneath such leafy tents they keep The long, mysterious Exodus of Death.

Among the noblest in the land – Though man may count himself the least – That man I honor and revere, Who without favor, without fear, In the great city dares to stand, The friend of every friendless beast.

It is a beautiful trait in the lover’s character, that they think no evil of the object loved.