Philip James Bailey Quotes
There is no disappointment we endure one-half so great as what we are to ourselves.
Walk boldly and wisely.... There is a hand above that will help you on.
Poets are all who love, who feel great truths, And tell them; and the truth of truths is love.
Ask not of me, love, what is love? Ask what is good of God above— Ask of the great sun what is light— Ask what is darkness of the night— Ask sin of what may be forgiven— Ask what is happiness of Heaven— Ask what is sweetness of thy kiss— Ask of thyself what beauty is.
Blessings star forth forever; but a curse Is like a cloud--it passes.
The beautiful are never desolate; But some one always loves them--God or man. If man abandons, God himself takes them.
America! half brother of the world! With something good and bad of every laud.
The worst men often give the best advice. Our deeds are sometimes better than our thoughts.
We live in deeds; not years; in thoughts; not breaths; in feelings not figures on a dial. We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives who thinks most; feels the noblest; acts the best.
Imagination is the air of mind