James Russell Lowell Quotes

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

No man can produce great things who is not thoroughly sincere in dealing with himself

The time is ripe and rotten-ripe for change then let it come.

A ginooine statesman should be on his guard if he must hev beliefs not to b'lieve 'em too hard.

Whatever you may be sure of be sure of this - that you are dreadfully like other people.

Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide ... And the choice goes by forever t'wixt th...

One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.

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

The question of commonsense is always "what is it good for?" - a question which would abolish the ro...

A sneer is the weapon of the weak.

Light is the symbol of truth.

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

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

Truth forever on the scaffold. Wrong forever on the throne.

O visionary world condition strange Where naught abiding is but only change.

Poetry is something to make us wiser and better, by continually revealing those types of beauty and ...

Compromise makes a good umbrella but a poor roof it is a temporary expedient often wise in party ...

The right to be a cussed fool Is safe from all devices human It's common (ez a gin'I rule) To every...

Every man feels instinctively that all the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a singl...

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

Nature fits all her children with something to do, he who would write and can't write, can surely re...

Ez for war I call it murder - There you hev it plain and flat I don't want to go no furder Than ...

Fate loves the fearless.

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

Talent is that which is in a man's power genius is that in whose power a man is.

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

Darkness is strong and so is Sin But surely God endures forever!

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise in party po...

Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that day, which must be done, ...

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

Truth forever on the scaffold wrong forever on the throne.

Granting our wish is one of Fate's saddest jokes.

Nature fits all her children with something to do He who would write and can't write can surely rev...

In life's small things be resolute and great To keep thy muscle trained Know'st thou when Fate Thy ...

As life runs on, the road grows strange with faces new - and near the end. The milestones into heads...

May is a pious fraud of the almanac A ghastly parody of real Spring Shaped out of snow and breathed ...

Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.

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

No man is born into the world whose work Is not born with him there is always work And tools to wo...

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

There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to...

The nurse of full-grown souls is solitude.

Let us be of good cheer however remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which n...

The devil loves nothing better than the intolerance of reformers.

Take a winter as you find him and he turns out to be a thoroughly honest fellow with no nonsense in ...

The misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never happen.

The pressure of public opinion is like the pressure of the atmosphere you can't see it - but all th...

God'll send the bill to you.

There is no good arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to pu...

In general those who nothing have to say Contrive to spend the longest time in doing it.

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

Though old the thought and oft exprest 'tis his at last who says it best.

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

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

In creating the only hard thing's to begin A grass-blade's no easier to make than an oak.

Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide. ... And the choice goes by forever t'wixt t...

Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it.

They are slaves who fear to speak For the fallen and the weak They are slaves who dare not be In th...

The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinion.

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 c...

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

Nature they say doth dote And cannot make a man Save on some worn-out plan Repeating us by rote.

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

Not failure, but low aim, is crime.

Pride and weakness are Siamese twins.

The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.

Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character.

Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how.

Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.

As life runs on, the road grows strange With faces new, and near the end The milestones into headsto...

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

A wise man travels to discover himself.

And what is so rare as a day in June? Then if ever come perfect days Then Heaven tries earth if i...

In creating the only hard thing's to begin

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

Freedom is the only law which genius knows.

Poetry is something to make us wiser and better by continually revealing those types of beauty and ...

I who still pray at morning and at eve Thrice in my life perhaps have truly prayed Thrice stirred b...

What a sense of security in an old book which time has criticized for us!

Good heavens of what uncostly material is our earthly happiness composed ... if we only knew it. Wh...

The heart forgets its sorrow and ache.

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

Earth's noblest thing a Woman perfected.