Quotes from Alfred Lord Tennyson
My strength is as the strength of ten, Because my heart is pure.
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
Ours not to reason why Ours but to do and die.
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
No life that breathes with human breath Has ever truly longed for death.
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
Let knowledge grow from more to more, But more of reverence in us dwell; That mind and soul, according well, May make one music as before, But vaster.
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
Self-reverence self-knowledge self-control - these three alone lead to sovereign power.
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
Wearing all that weight Of learning lightly like a flower.
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
It's better to have tried and failed than to live life wondering what would've happened if I had tried
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
Her court was pure, her life serene; God gave her peace; her land reposed; A thousand claims to reverence closed.
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
He that shuts love out, in turn shall be Shut out from love, and on her threshold lie, Howling in outer darkness.
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
We cannot be kind to each other here for even an hour. We whisper, and hint, and chuckle and grin at our brother's shame; however you take it we men are a little breed.
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
Speak to Him, thou, for He hears, and Spirit with Spirit can meet- Closer is He than breathing, and nearer than hands and feet.
— Alfred Lord Tennyson