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James Russell Lowell: Quotes
- Action
Every man feels instinctively that all the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.: Among My Books
- Adversity
Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or the handle.: Fireside Travels
- Ambition
Not failure, but low aim, is crime.
- Arguments and Controversy
There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat.: Democracy and Other Addresses
- Creation and Creativity
In creating, the only hard thing's to begin;
A grass-blade's no easier to make than an oak. - Criticism and Critics
Nature fits all her children with something to do,
He who would write and can't write, can surely review. - Endurance
Endurance is the crowning quality,
And patience all the passion of great hearts. - Gardens
A weed is no more than a flower in disguise,
Which is seen through at once, if love give a man eyes. - Genius and Talent
Talent is that which is in a man's power; genius is that in whose power a man is.: Literary Essays
- Quotations
Though old the thought and oft expressed,
'Tis his at last who says it best. - Seasons
And what is so rare as a day in June?
Then, if ever, come perfect days.
: The Vision of Sir Launfal - Solitude and Loneliness
Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character.: Among My Books
- The Sea
There is nothing so desperately monotonous as the sea, and I no longer wonder at the cruelty of pirates.: Fireside Travels
- Youth
If youth be a defect, it is one that we outgrow only too soon.