Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes & Sayings

“In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.”

“The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.”

“Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.”

“Into each life some rain must fall.”

“Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, only a signal shown, and a distant voice in the darkness; So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another, only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence.”

“There are moments in life, when the heart is so full of emotion That if by chance it be shaken, or into its depths like a pebble Drops some careless word, it overflows, and its secret, Spilt on the ground like water, can never be gathered together.”

“Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.”

“Youth comes but once in a lifetime.”

“Each morning sees some task begun, each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done, has earned a night's repose.”

“A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.”