William Wordsworth Quotes About Kindness

Quotes about: Kindness

• That best portion of a man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.

  William Wordsworth

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  "Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey" l. 34 (1798)

• Neither evil tongues, rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all the dreary intercourse of daily life, shall ever prevail against us.

  William Wordsworth

  Life, Perseverance, Kindness

  William Wordsworth (2012). “William Wordsworth: Everyman's Poetry”, p.49, Hachette UK

• The daisy, by the shadow that it casts, Protects the lingering dewdrop from the sun.

  William Wordsworth

  Kindness, Shadow, Sun

  William Wordsworth (1837). “The Complete Poetical Works of William Wordsworth: Together with a Description of the Country of the Lakes in the North of England, Now First Published with His Works ...”, p.117

• . . .this prayer I make, Knowing that Nature never did betray The heart that loved her; 't is her privilege, Through all the years of this our life, to lead From joy to joy: for she can so inform The mind that is within us, so impress With quietness and beauty, and so feed With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues, Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all The dreary intercourse of daily life, Shall e'er prevail against us, or disturb Our cheerful faith, that all which we behold Is full of blessings.

  William Wordsworth

  Nature, Kindness, Prayer

  William Wordsworth (1992). “Favorite Poems”, p.24, Courier Corporation

• In hours of weariness, sensations sweet, Felt in the blood, and felt along the heart; And passing even into my purer mind, With tranquil restoration: - feelings, too, Of unremembered pleasure: such, perhaps, As have no slight or trivial influence On that best portion of a good man's life, His little, nameless, unremembered acts Of kindness and of love.

  William Wordsworth

  Sweet, Kindness, Heart

  "Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey" l. 34 (1798)

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