People/L
The quotations of
American poet and educator
1807–1882
47 quotes, most often on Life & Death, Time and Nature. Part of the Poets collection.
The heights by great men reached and kept, were not obtained by sudden flight. But they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.
The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do without thought of fame. If it comes at all it will come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after.
Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.