Author: James Russell Lowell

Quotes

Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that day, which must be done, whether you like it or not.

Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that day, which must be done, whether you like it or not.

- James Russell Lowell

Good luck is the willing handmaid of a upright and energetic character, and conscientious observance of duty.

Good luck is the willing handmaid of a upright and energetic character, and conscientious observance of duty.

- James Russell Lowell

Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how.

Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how.

- James Russell Lowell

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

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

- James Russell Lowell

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

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

- James Russell Lowell

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

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

- James Russell Lowell

As life runs on, the road grows strange with faces new - and near the end. The milestones into headstones change, Neath every one a friend.

As life runs on, the road grows strange with faces new - and near the end. The milestones into headstones change, Neath every one a friend.

- James Russell Lowell

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

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

- James Russell Lowell

The greatest homage we can pay to truth, is to use it.

The greatest homage we can pay to truth, is to use it.

- James Russell Lowell

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