We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing,…

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.

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Other Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes

Ah, how wonderful is the advent of spring! — the great annual miracle of the blossoming of Aaron’s rod, repeated on myriads and myriads of branches! — the gentle progression and growth of herbs, flowers, trees, — gentle and yet irrepressible, — which no force can stay, no violence restrain, like love, that wins its way and cannot be withstood by any human power, because itself is divine power. If spring came but once in a century, instead of once a year, or burst forth with the sound of an earthquake, and not in silence, what wonder and expectation there would be in all hearts to behold the miraculous change! But now the silent succession suggests nothing but necessity. To most men only the cessation of the miracle would be miraculous and the perpetual exercise of God’s power seems less wonderful than its withdrawal would be. - View Quote Details on Ah, how wonderful is the advent of spring! — the…
“O father! I see a gleaming light.
Oh say, what may it be?”
But the father answered never a word,
A frozen corpse was he. - View Quote Details on Oh say, what may...">“O father! I see a gleaming light.
Oh say, what may…
Great is the art of beginning, but greater the art is of ending;
Many a poem is marred by a superfluous verse. - View Quote Details on Great is the art of beginning, but greater the art…
Art is the child of Nature; yes,
Her darling child, in whom we trace
The features of the mother’s face,
Her aspect and her attitude,
All her majestic loveliness
Chastened and softened and subdued
Into a more attractive grace,
And with a human sense imbued.
He is the greatest artist, then,
Whether of pencil or of pen,
Who follows Nature. - View Quote Details on Art is the child of Nature; yes,
Her darling child, in…
Standing, with reluctant feet,
Where the brook and river meet,
Womanhood and childhood fleet! - View Quote Details on Standing, with reluctant feet,
Where the brook and river meet,
Womanhood and…
Music is the universal language of mankind — poetry their universal pastime and delight. - View Quote Details on Music is the universal language of mankind — poetry their…
The shades of night were falling fast,
As through an Alpine village passed
A youth, who bore, ‘mid snow and ice,
A banner with the strange device,
Excelsior! - View Quote Details on The shades of night were falling fast,
As through an Alpine…
Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime,
And departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time. - View Quote Details on Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our…
There is a Reaper, whose name is Death,
And, with his sickle keen,
He reaps the bearded grain at a breath,
And the flowers that grow between. - View Quote Details on There is a Reaper, whose name is Death,
And, with his…
Read from some humbler poet,
Whose songs gushed from his heart,
As showers from the clouds of summer,
Or tears from the eyelids start. - View Quote Details on Read from some humbler poet,
Whose songs gushed from his heart,
As…