John Greenleaf Whittier quotes

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For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'.
John Greenleaf Whittier
Pen
Tongue
Words
All the windows of my heart I open to the day.
John Greenleaf Whittier
Heart
Day
Open
Windows
As a small businessperson, you have no greater leverage than the truth.
John Greenleaf Whittier
Truth
Beauty seen is never lost, God's colors all are fast.
John Greenleaf Whittier
Beauty
God
Colors
Before me, even as behind, God is, and all is well.
John Greenleaf Whittier
God
Peace hath higher tests of manhood, than battle ever knew.
John Greenleaf Whittier
Peace
Battle
Tests
God's colors all are fast.
John Greenleaf Whittier
God
Colors
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
People
Trying
One brave deed makes no hero.
John Greenleaf Whittier
Deed
When faith is lost, when honor dies, the man is dead.
John Greenleaf Whittier
Faith
Honor
Man
Tradition wears a snowy beard, romance is always young.
John Greenleaf Whittier
Romance
Tradition
From the death of the old the new proceeds, and the life of truth from the death of creeds.
John Greenleaf Whittier
Death
Life
Truth
Old
The smile of God is victory.
John Greenleaf Whittier
God
Victory
Smile
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
Power
Fools
Fortune
Gold
Plants
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
Music
Thought
Charm