"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."
― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
More From Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- "Whenever nature leaves a hole in a person’s mind, she generally plasters it over with a thick coat of self-conceit."
- "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."
- "For age is opportunity no less Than youth itself, though in another dress, And as the evening twilight fades away The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day."
More In Great
- "A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money."― John Ruskin
- "Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs."― Francois de La Rochefoucauld
- "From a technical point of view, there seemed to me to be absolutely no reason why – with the existing technology – we couldn’t do very high quality audio, because whereas the boom in digital graphics is ongoing, the boom in digital audio has already happened."― Thomas Dolby