Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Famous Quotations

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882) was an American educator and poet whose works include Paul Revere's Ride, The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline. These famous quotes dealing with goals, achievement, and success have been attributed to him.

Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach we are never satisfied.
Each morning sees some task begun, each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done, has earned a night's repose.
Heights by great men reached and kept were not obtained by sudden flight but, while their companions slept, they were toiling upward in the night.
However things may seem, no evil thing is success and no good thing is failure.
If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it; every arrow that flies feels the attraction of earth.
It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.
Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.
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.
Something attempted, something done, Has earned a nights repose.
Sometimes we may learn more from a man's errors, than from his virtues.
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.