Quotes by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

Intelligence and courtesy not always are combined; Often in a wooden h >>

Build today, then strong and sure, With a firm and ample base; And asc >>

The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy. >>

Quotations about Failure

To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself. >>

No man is a failure who is enjoying life. >>

You cannot measure a man by his failures. You must know what use he ma >>

Not in the clamor of the crowded street, not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and defeat.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth