I care not how worldly you may be: there are times when all distinctions seem like dust, and when at the graves of the great you dream of a coming country, where your proudest hopes shall be dimmed forever. Donald G. Mitchell More Quotes by Donald G. Mitchell More Quotes From Donald G. Mitchell In the vanity of self-consciousness one feels at a long remove above the ordinary love and trustfulness of a simple and pure heart. Donald G. Mitchell simple heart love long Youth is in a grand flush, like the hot days of ending summer; and pleasant dreams thrall your spirit, like the smoky atmosphere that bathes the landscape of an August day. Donald G. Mitchell dreams day youth age The sparrow that is twittering on the edge of my balcony is calling up to me this moment a world of memories that reach over half my lifetime, and a world of hope that stretches farther than any flight of sparrows. Donald G. Mitchell me moment hope memories Married or unmarried, young or old, poet or worker, you are still a dreamer, and will one time know, and feel, that your life is but a dream. Donald G. Mitchell dreams you time life The way of a man's heart will be foreshadowed by what goodness lies in him - coming from above, and from around; but a way foreshadowed is not a way made. Donald G. Mitchell will man heart way I love better to count time from spring to spring; it seems to me far more cheerful to reckon the year by blossoms than by blight. Donald G. Mitchell better me time love But wealth is a great means of refinement; and it is a security for gentleness, since it removes disturbing anxieties. Donald G. Mitchell great disturbing security wealth Determine to become one of the best. Sufficient money will almost automatically follow if you get to be one of the 'best' in your chosen field, whatever it is. Donald G. Mitchell will best you money The future is wider than vision, and has no end. Donald G. Mitchell than end future vision There is no genius in life like the genius of energy and industry. Donald G. Mitchell like genius energy life No man's brain is so dull, and no man's eye so blind, that they cannot catch food for dreams. Donald G. Mitchell dreams man brain food You grow up however, unfortunately, as the college years fly by, into a very exaggerated sense of your own capacities. Donald G. Mitchell fly grow you college I thank Heaven every summer's day of my life, that my lot was humbly cast within the hearing of romping brooks, and beneath the shadow of oaks. Donald G. Mitchell my-life day shadow life
