“Go forth to meet the shadowy Future, without fear, and with a manly heart.”

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Hyperion (1839), Book IV, Ch. 8

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.”

“Gratitude looks to the past and love to the present; fear, avarice, lust, and ambition look ahead.”

“He knew she was there by the joy and fear that overwhelmed his heart.”

“Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself.”

“Love is a thing full of anxious fears.”

“To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.”

“He who has the truth at his heart need never fear the want of persuasion on his tongue.”