James Russell Lowell - an American poet and diplomat. His poem The Present Crisis was one of the first works that addressed the issue of slavery and considered to have a major impact on the modern civil rights movement. This poem was often quoted by Martin Luther King, Jr. and was also the source to the hymn Once to Every Man and Nation.
1. "All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action."
2. "Greatly begin. Though thou have time, but for a line, be that sublime. Not failure, but low aim is crime."
3. "No man can produce great things who is not thoroughly sincere in dealing with himself."
4. "In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to make than an oak."
5. "Endurance is the crowning quality, and patience all the passion of great hearts."
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