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.

They who have steeped their soul in prayer can every anguish calmly bear.

My exit is the result of too many entrees.

Love will always be the most powerful force.

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.

The virtue lies in the struggle, not the prize.

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.

The beating of my own heart Was all the sound I heard.

But on and up, where Nature's heart Beats strong amid the hills.