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John Greenleaf Whittier
American
Poet
About the author
The best of a book is not the thought which it contains, but the thought which it suggests; just as the charm of music dwells not in the tones but in the echoes of our hearts.
John Greenleaf Whittier,
American
Poet
#Thought
#Music
#Charm
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,
American
Poet
#Power
#Gold
#Fools
#Fortune
#Plants
The smile of God is victory.
John Greenleaf Whittier,
American
Poet
#God
#Smile
#Victory
From the death of the old the new proceeds, and the life of truth from the death of creeds.
John Greenleaf Whittier,
American
Poet
#Life
#Death
#Old
#Truth
Tradition wears a snowy beard, romance is always young.
John Greenleaf Whittier,
American
Poet
#Tradition
#Romance
When faith is lost, when honor dies, the man is dead.
John Greenleaf Whittier,
American
Poet
#Honor
#Man
#Faith
One brave deed makes no hero.
John Greenleaf Whittier,
American
Poet
#Deed
It is no use trying to sum people up. One must follow hints, not exactly what is said, nor yet entirely what is done.
John Greenleaf Whittier,
American
Poet
#People
#Trying
You don't always win your battles, but it's good to know you fought.
John Greenleaf Whittier,
American
Poet
God's colors all are fast.
John Greenleaf Whittier,
American
Poet
#God
#Colors
Peace hath higher tests of manhood, than battle ever knew.
John Greenleaf Whittier,
American
Poet
#Peace
#Battle
#Tests
Before me, even as behind, God is, and all is well.
John Greenleaf Whittier,
American
Poet
#God
Beauty seen is never lost, God's colors all are fast.
John Greenleaf Whittier,
American
Poet
#God
#Beauty
#Colors
As a small businessperson, you have no greater leverage than the truth.
John Greenleaf Whittier,
American
Poet
#Truth
All the windows of my heart I open to the day.
John Greenleaf Whittier,
American
Poet
#Day
#Heart
#Open
#Windows
For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'.
John Greenleaf Whittier,
American
Poet
#Words
#Pen
#Tongue
I'll lift you and you lift me, and we'll both ascend together.
John Greenleaf Whittier,
American
Poet