Author: John Greenleaf Whittier

Quotes

All the windows of my heart I open to the day.

All the windows of my heart I open to the day.

- John Greenleaf Whittier

For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'.

For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'.

- John Greenleaf Whittier

Beauty seen is never lost, God's colors all are fast.

Beauty seen is never lost, God's colors all are fast.

- John Greenleaf Whittier

You don't always win your battles, but it's good to know you fought.

You don't always win your battles, but it's good to know you fought.

- John Greenleaf Whittier

The smile of God is victory.

The smile of God is victory.

- John Greenleaf Whittier

God's colors all are fast.

God's colors all are fast.

- John Greenleaf Whittier

Give fools their gold, and knaves their power; let fortune's bubbles rise and fall; who sows a field, or trains a flower, or plants a tree, is more than all.

Give fools their gold, and knaves their power; let fortune's bubbles rise and fall; who sows a field, or trains a flower, or plants a tree, is more than all.

- John Greenleaf Whittier

Peace hath higher tests of manhood, than battle ever knew.

Peace hath higher tests of manhood, than battle ever knew.

- John Greenleaf Whittier

Before me, even as behind, God is, and all is well.

Before me, even as behind, God is, and all is well.

- John Greenleaf Whittier

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