Quotes of John Greenleaf Whittier

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Through this broad street, restless ever, ebbs and flows a human tide, wave on wave a living river; wealth and fashion side by side; Toiler, idler, slave and master, in the same quick current glide.

- John Greenleaf Whittier

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“ Don’t take the high ground and assume you already know what you’ll do. The truth is, when it comes to someone you love, you’ll find there isn’t anything you won’t do. ”

- Richelle Mead

“ Anything I ever did for a person was out of love, nobody can ever finesse me. ”

- Genereux Philip

“ The superior man thinks only of virtue; the common man thinks only of comfort. ”

- Confucius

“ I constantly challenge my athletes with workouts that take them to the upper edge of their ability. Like Brett's, my philosophy is that your biggest competitor is yourself. I will never ask the impossible. But I will come close. Those who answer with courage and selfbelief instead of fear and doubt are the ones who realize their dreams. ”

- Siri Lindley

“ Do the best, give the best and leave the rest to run after you! ”

- Garima Yonzon

“ You see, when we set goals that feel safer and achievable, we are caving in to our own preconceived notions of what we are capable of. We’re not pushing past our comfort zone; we’re just settling for status quo. ”

- Ruth Soukup

“ Nothing is over for good! You either take with you memories, love, lesson or an experience. ”

- Somya Kedia

“ A heart, once stolen, can never be taken back. ”

- Marissa Meyer

“ Love is blind, they say–but isn’t it more that love makes us see too much? Isn’t it more that love floods our brain with sights and sounds, so that everything looks bigger, brighter, more lovely than ever before? ”

- Susan Fletcher Eve Green

“ How do I say “I miss you” in a way that will make your heart ache as mine does? ”

- Unknown

“ In the deepest hour of the night, confess to yourself that you would die if you were forbidden to write. And look deep into your heart where it spreads its roots, the answer, and ask yourself, must I write? ”

- Rainer Maria Rilke

“ I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is pressed Against the earth's sweet flowing breast; A tree that looks at God all day And lifts her leafy arms to pray; A tree that may in summer wear A nest of robins in her hair; Upon whose bosom snow has lain; Who intimately lives with rain. Poems are made by fools like me, But only God can make a tree. ”

- Joyce Kilmer

“ Anything that makes weak physically, intellectually and spiritually, reject it as poison. ”

- Swami Vivekananda

“ Love doesn't sit there like a stone, it has to be made, like bread: remade all the time, made new. ”

- Og Mandino

“ We love those who admire us, but not those whom we admire. ”

- Francois De La Rochefoucauld

“ When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you. ”

- Plato

“ No matter what you do in life, make sure your juniors are learning something good from you. ”

- Parul Prashar

“ When we go into stillness we can hear our soul’s voice loud and clear. If we speak from our heart we share our soul’s melody with the world. ”

- Christina Goetz

“ Unrequited love’s a bore. ”

- Lorenz Hart

“ Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option. ”

- Maya Angelou

“ Nothing that is perfect can be taught ”

- Mike Stagnitta

“ Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself. ”

- Andrew Carnegie

“ Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love. ”

- Mother Teresa

“ Finding the lesson behind every adversity will be the one important thing that helps get you through it. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ The only time we can effect an action is now. So learn from the past, have a vision for your future but act NOW. Today will soon be your past so don’t miss your present. ? ”

- Andrea McGibbon