Ah men do not know how much strength is in poise That he goes the farthest who goes far enough.

James Russell Lowell
Some Similar Quotes
  1. The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. - William Shakespeare

  2. The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times. - Paulo Coelho

  3. It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. - Aristotle

  4. The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them. - Paulo Coelho

  5. By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest. - Confucius

More Quotes By James Russell Lowell
  1. Fate loves the fearless.

  2. Nature fits all her children with something to do, he who would write and can't write, can surely review.

  3. Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.

  4. In creating the only hard thing's to begin

  5. A wise man travels to discover himself.

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