255 Quotes by John Greenleaf Whittier

Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, 'It might have been.

For of all sad words of tongue or pen,The saddest are these: "It might have been!

... laws of changeless justice bindOppressor with oppressed;And, close as sin and suffering joined,We march to Fate abreast.

So all night long the storm roared on:The morning broke without a sun;In tiny spherule traced with linesOf Nature’s geometric signs,In starry flake, and pellicle,All day the hoary meteor fell;And, when the second morning shone,We looked upon a world unknown,On nothing we could call our own.Around the glistening wonder bentThe blue walls of the firmament,No cloud above, no earth below,—A universe of sky and snow!

The windows of my soul I throwWide open to the sun.

the joy that you give to others is the joy that comes back to you

As a small businessperson, you have no greater leverage than the truth.

Methinks I see the sunset light flooding the river valley, the western hills stretching to the horizon, overhung with trees gorgeous and glowing with the tints of autumn -- a mighty flower garden blossoming under the spell of the enchanter, frost.

The tints of autumn...a mighty flower garden blossoming under the spell of the enchanter, frost.