Quotes by

William Wordsworth

Not without hope we suffer and we mourn. – William Wordsworth

Life is divided into three terms – that which was, which is, and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present, to live better in the future. – William Wordsworth

How does the Meadow flower its bloom unfold? Because the lovely little flower is free down to its root, and in that freedom bold. – William Wordsworth

The child is father of the man. – William Wordsworth

When from our better selves we have too long been parted by the hurrying world, and droop. Sick of its business, of its pleasures tired, how gracious, how benign is solitude. – William Wordsworth

The human mind is capable of excitement without the application of gross and violent stimulants and he must have a very faint perception of its beauty and dignity who does not know this. – William Wordsworth

Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them. – William Wordsworth

But an old age serene and bright, and lovely as a Lapland night, shall lead thee to thy grave. – William Wordsworth

The mind that is wise mourns less for what age takes away than what it leaves behind. – William Wordsworth

Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart. – William Wordsworth

Wisdom is ofttimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar. – William Wordsworth

A lake carries you into recesses of feeling otherwise impenetrable. – William Wordsworth

To character and success, two things, contradictory as they may seem, must go together… humble dependence on God and manly reliance on self. – William Wordsworth

Fear is a cloak which old men huddle about their love, as if to keep it warm. – William Wordsworth

Father! — to God himself we cannot give a holier name. – William Wordsworth

Faith is a passionate intuition. – William Wordsworth

Golf is a day spent in a round of strenuous idleness. – William Wordsworth