Quotes by James Russell Lowell

No man is born into the world whose work Is not born with him there is always work And tools to work withal for those who will And blessed are the horny hands of toil!

The misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never happen.

Truth forever on the scaffold wrong forever on the throne.

Children are Gods Apostles, sent forth, day by day, to preach of love, and hope, and peace.

Not failure, but low aim, is crime.

Greatly begin. Though thou have time, but for a line, be that sublime. Not failure, but low aim is crime.

Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how.

Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts.

Death is delightful. Death is dawn, The waking from a weary night Of fevers unto truth and light.

Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that day, which must be done, whether you like it or not.

To educate the intelligence is to expand the horizon of its wants and desires.

Light is the symbol of truth.

Truth forever on the scaffold, wrong forever on the throne.

The heart forgets its sorrow and ache.

The only faith that wears well and holds its color in all weathers is that which is woven of conviction and set with the sharp mordant of experience.

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure to be unwise in statesmanship.

Poetry is something to make us wiser and better, by continually revealing those types of beauty and truth, which God has set in all mens souls.

As life runs on, the road grows strange with faces new - and near the end. The milestones into headstones change, Neath every one a friend.

Freedom is the only law which genius knows.