Quotes by James Russell Lowell

Faith is that which is woven of conviction and set with the sharp mordant of experience.

The only faith that wears well and holds its color in all weather is that which is woven of conviction.

The right to be a cussed fool Is safe from all devices human Its common (ez a ginI rule) To every critter born of woman.

Good heavens of what uncostly material is our earthly happiness composed ... if we only knew it. What incomes have we not had from a flower and how unfailing are the dividends of the seasons.

Talent is that which is in a mans power genius is that in whose power a man is.

Three-fifths of him genius and two-fifths sheer fudge.

All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.

Not failure but low aim is crime.

Godll send the bill to you.

Whom the heart of man shuts out Sometimes the heart of God takes in.

The devil loves nothing better than the intolerance of reformers.

Let us be of good cheer remembering that misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.

Fortune is the rod of the weak and the staff of the brave.

Let us be of good cheer however remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.

And what is so rare as a day in June? Then if ever come perfect days Then Heaven tries earth if it be in tune And over it softly her warm ear lays.

Each day the world is born anew for him who takes it rightly.

One day with life and heart is more than time enough to find a world.

The pressure of public opinion is like the pressure of the atmosphere you cant see it - but all the same it is sixteen pounds to the square inch.

The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.

Ah men do not know how much strength is in poise that he goes the farthest who goes far enough.