Inspirational Quotes By John Greenleaf Whittier

For of all sad words of tongue or pen / the saddest are these; It might have been!

Tradition wears a snowy beard, romance is always young.

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

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

When faith is lost, when honor dies, the man is dead.

The smile of God is victory.

As a small businessperson, you have no greater leverage than the truth.

Ah! on Thanksgiving day.... When the care-wearied man seeks his mother once more, And the worn matron smiles where the girl smiled before. What moistens the lips and what brightens the eye? What calls back the past, like the rich pumpkin pie?

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.

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.

Rest if you must, but never quit.

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

The joy that you give to others is the joy that comes back to you.

One brave deed makes no hero.

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

We meet today To thank Thee for the era done, And Thee for the opening one.

From the death of the old the new proceeds, and the life of truth from the death of creeds.