Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes
America's beloved nineteenth-century poet, author of The Song of Hiawatha and Paul Revere's Ride. Longfellow's hopeful verse on perseverance still lifts readers. Below are 15 of the most loved Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes, chosen from across their works and letters. Tap Copy on any quote to save or share it.
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
Tell me not, in mournful numbers, life is but an empty dream!
The best thing one can do when it is raining is to let it rain.
Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance.
Music is the universal language of mankind.
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.
Believe me, every heart has its secret sorrows, which the world knows not.
The heart, like the mind, has a memory. And in it are kept the most precious keepsakes.
Youth comes but once in a lifetime.
Silence and modesty are very valuable qualities in the art of conversation.
Into each life some rain must fall.
Learn how to be happy with what you have while you pursue all that you want.
In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.
Be noble, and the nobleness that lies in other men will soon awake in them.
Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine.