Quotes by John Greenleaf Whittier

“No longer forward or behindI look in hope or fear,But grateful, take the good I find,The best of now and here.””

“the joy that you give to others is the joy that comes back to you””

“Peace hath higher tests of manhood than battle ever knew.””

“So all night long the storm roared on:The morning broke without a sun;In tiny spherule traced with linesOf Nature’s geometric signs,In starry flake, and pellicle,All day the hoary meteor fell;And, when the second morning shone,We looked upon a world unknown,On nothing we could call our own.Around the glistening wonder bentThe blue walls of the firmament,No cloud above, no earth below,”

“For of all sad words of tongue or pen,The saddest are these: "It might have been!””

“At what point does a man turn into a monster? I don’t believe that it’s when he does horrible things, but when he accepts that he’s able to do them, and that he does them well.””

“I'll lift you and you lift me, and we'll both ascend together.””

“The continuity of life is never broken; the river flows onward and is lost to our sight, but under its new horizon it carries the same waters which it gathered under ours, and its unseen valleys are made glad by the offerings which are borne down to them from the past,--flowers, perchance, the germs of which its own waves had planted on the banks of Time.””

“Nothing before, nothing behind;The steps of faithFall on the seeming void, and findThe Rock beneath.””

“And sweet and far as from a star, replied a voice which shall not cease, till drowning all the noise of war, it sings the blessed song of peace””

“As a small businessperson, you have no greater leverage than the truth.””

“Clothe with life the weak intent,Let me be the thing I meant ...””

“Rest if you must, but never quit.””

“And still we love the evil causeAnd of the just effect complain;We tread upon life's broken lawsAnd murmur at our self-inflicted pain.””