Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton Quotes
It's not the lack of ability or opportunity that holds you back; it is only a lack of confidence in yourself.
I wandered by the brook-side, I wandered by the mill; I could not hear the brook flow, The noisy wheel was still.
Great thoughts, great feelings came to them, Like instincts, unawares.
Grand Thoughts that never can be wearied out, Showing the unreality of Time.
They who have steeped their souls in prayer Can every anguish calmly bear.
He, who for Love has undergone The worst that can befall, Is happier thousand-fold than one, Who never loved at all.
A man's best things are nearest him, Lie close about his feet.
But on and up, where Nature's heart Beats strong amid the hills.