Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes: A great sorrow, like a mariner's quadrant, brings the sun at noon down to the horizon, and we learn where we are on the sea of life.
         

A great sorrow, like a mariner's quadrant, brings the sun at noon down to the horizon, and we learn where we are on the sea of life.


Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Check all other quotes by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Sun. 22 Dec. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/A-great-sorrow-like-a-mariner-s-650149>.





Check out


Other quotes of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


Softly the evening came /with the sunset/.

Softly the evening came /with the sunset/.



A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.



Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.

Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.



Into each life some rain must fall.

Into each life some rain must fall.



The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.

The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.



My soul is full of longing for the secret of the sea

My soul is full of longing for the secret of the sea



It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.

It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.



Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.



Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.

Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.



Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time.

Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time.





Other quotes you may like


A boy is not a sitting-down animal.

A boy is not a sitting-down animal.



I have been a fan all my life, but now I have been out of football for over 10 years, and out of baseball for a little over six years and I don't go to games.

I have been a fan all my life, but now I have been out of football for over 10 years, and out of baseball for a little over six years and I don't go to games.



I dislike reading business books, although I skim a lot of them.

I dislike reading business books, although I skim a lot of them.



Anything is possible, but not always probable. Innovators increase the probability of the impossible.

Anything is possible, but not always probable. Innovators increase the probability of the impossible.



Make the most of what you have and enjoy being female; enjoy being YOU.

Make the most of what you have and enjoy being female; enjoy being YOU.



If it doesn't light you up, you're not the right person for the job.

If it doesn't light you up, you're not the right person for the job.



There are no manners left in America at all, because all you're doing is kicking the person next to you so that you can consume more, see more, and get more.

There are no manners left in America at all, because all you're doing is kicking the person next to you so that you can consume more, see more, and get more.



We women. as glue for the family. lead lives that are important and conflicted. What we women choose to give up for our families is important and valid.

We women. as glue for the family. lead lives that are important and conflicted. What we women choose to give up for our families is important and valid.



Keep your values positive, because your values become your destiny.

Keep your values positive, because your values become your destiny.



America needs to be defended. We need missile defense to better police the skies over the United States.

America needs to be defended. We need missile defense to better police the skies over the United States.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "A great sorrow, like a mariner's quadrant, brings the sun at noon down to the horizon, and we learn where we are on the sea of life.". Author of this quote is Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. This quote is about noon, horizon, sorrow, sun, life, sea,.