Top 13 Quotes & Sayings by Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an English poet Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton.
Last updated on November 7, 2024.
Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton

Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton, FRS was an English poet, patron of literature and a politician who strongly supported social justice.

A man's best things are nearest him, Lie close about his feet.
I wandered by the brook-side, I wandered by the mill; I could not hear the brook flow, The noisy wheel was still.
My exit is the result of too many entrees. — © Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton
My exit is the result of too many entrees.
They who have steeped their soul in prayer can every anguish calmly bear.
But on and up, where Nature's heart Beats strong amid the hills.
Grand Thoughts that never can be wearied out, Showing the unreality of Time.
Great thoughts, great feelings came to them, Like instincts, unawares.
Love will always be the most powerful force.
It's not the lack of ability or opportunity that holds you back; it is only a lack of confidence in yourself.
The beating of my own heart Was all the sound I heard.
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.
The virtue lies in the struggle, not the prize.
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