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William Wordsworth

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Quotes by William Wordsworth

"That best portion of a man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love."

- William Wordsworth

Compassion

"Though nothing can bring back the hour, Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower, We will grieve not, rather find, Strength in what remains behind."

- William Wordsworth

Hope

"Your mind is a garden. Your thoughts are the seeds. The harvest can either be flowers or weeds."

- William Wordsworth

Self-awareness

"Come forth into the light things; let nature be your teacher."

- William Wordsworth

Inspiration

"Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquillity."

- William Wordsworth

Inspiration

""Those little nimble musicians of the air, that warble forth their curious ditties, with which nature hath furnished them to the shame of art.""

- William Wordsworth

Inspiration

"Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart."

- William Wordsworth

Creativity

"Let Nature be your teacher."

- William Wordsworth

Learning

"Father!—to God himself we cannot give a holier name!"

- William Wordsworth

Respect

"Father! 1 to God himself we cannot give a holier name."

- William Wordsworth

Respect

"Father! — to God himself we cannot give a holier name."

- William Wordsworth

Respect

"Faith is a passionate intuition."

- William Wordsworth

Faith

"Therefore am I still a lover of the meadows and the woods, and mountains; and of all that we behold from this green earth; of all the mighty world of eye, and ear, both what they half create and what perceive."

- William Wordsworth

Connection to Earth

"That though the radiance which was once so bright be now forever taken from my sight. Though nothing can bring back the hour of splendor in the grass, glory in the flower. We will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind."

- William Wordsworth

Strength

"Though nothing can bring back the hour of splendor in the grass, glory in the flower, we will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind."

- William Wordsworth

Strength

"For I have learned to look on nature, not as in the hour of thoughtless youth, but hearing oftentimes the still, sad music of humanity."

- William Wordsworth

Reflection

"The wiser mind mourns less for what age takes away than what it leaves behind."

- William Wordsworth

Wisdom

"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

Wisdom

"Rest and be thankful."

- William Wordsworth

Gratitude

"Small service is true service while it lasts. . . The daisy, by the shadow that it casts, Protects the lingering dewdrop from the sun."

- William Wordsworth

Service

"Golf is a day spent in a round of strenuous idleness."

- William Wordsworth

Philosophy

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

- William Wordsworth

Peace

"Sweet sleep be with us, one and all!"

- William Wordsworth

Peace

"The ocean is a mighty harmonist."

- William Wordsworth

Nature

"I wandered lonely as a cloud that floats on high o'er vales and hills, when all at once I saw a crowd, a host, of golden daffodils; beside the lake, beneath the trees, fluttering and dancing in the breeze."

- William Wordsworth

Nature

"Come forth into the light things, let nature be your teacher."

- William Wordsworth

Nature

"Wild is the music of autumnal winds Amongst the faded woods."

- William Wordsworth

Nature