Quotes by John Whittier

• 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.
• 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.
• The smile of God is victory.
• From the death of the old the new proceeds, and the life of truth from the death of creeds.
• Tradition wears a snowy beard, romance is always young.
• When faith is lost, when honor dies, the man is dead.
• One brave deed makes no hero.
• It is no use trying to sum people up. One must follow hints, not exactly what is said, nor yet entirely what is done.
• You don't always win your battles, but it's good to know you fought.
• God's colors all are fast.
• Peace hath higher tests of manhood, than battle ever knew.
• Before me, even as behind, God is, and all is well.
• Beauty seen is never lost, God's colors all are fast.
• As a small businessperson, you have no greater leverage than the truth.
• All the windows of my heart I open to the day.
• For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'.
• I'll lift you and you lift me, and we'll both ascend together.