“Act, act in the living present!”

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, "A Psalm of Life" (1839), stanza 6

About Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

1807 – 1882

American poet, author of 'The Song of Hiawatha' and 'Paul Revere's Ride'.

“Oh, well has it been said, that there is no grief like the grief which does not speak!”

“Know how sublime a thing it is to suffer and be strong.”

“From labor there shall come forth rest.”

“Lost time is never found again.”

“Time wasted is existence, used is life.”

“Seize the day, believing as little as possible in the morrow.”

“Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.”

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.”

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“Nothing will work unless you do.”