Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Poet English 1806 – 1861

English poet famous for Sonnets from the Portuguese.

384 quotes

"Justice delayed is justice denied to the suffering."
Justice
"Kindness spoken is often forgotten, but kindness shown is remembered."
Kindness
"Love is a great thing, and great things are not light."
Love
"Melancholy follows those who refuse to face their truth."
Truth
"Nature whispers what society shouts."
Nature
"Opportunity wears the face of necessity."
Success
"Patience is not the absence of action but the presence of perspective."
Patience
"Questions are the gateway to wisdom."
Knowledge
"Redemption lies in the willingness to change."
Change
"Self-reliance is the rock upon which great women are built."
Strength
"Time is the only teacher that gives the same lesson twice."
Time
"Understanding requires an open heart, not a closed mind."
Wisdom
"Victory belongs to those who believe in their cause."
Courage
"Work is worship when done with love and intention."
Work
"Xenophobia is the language of those who fear progress."
Fear
"Yearning is proof that something within us remains alive."
Hope
"Zealots often mistake passion for truth."
Wisdom
"The deepest poverty is not of the purse but of the spirit."
Life
"A tear shed for sorrow is not wasted; it waters the soil of the soul."
"Between two souls there exists a language without words."
Love
"Courage is doing what is right when doing so costs you everything."
Courage
"Dreams are the prophecies of the ambitious."
Dreams
"Every moment withheld is a moment wasted on hesitation."
Motivation
"Failure is the price of growth for those brave enough to pay it."
Perseverance
"Gratitude transforms scarcity into abundance."
Gratitude
"Happiness is not a destination but a practice of the present."
Happiness
"In the silence of solitude, the loudest truths are heard."
Solitude
"Justice without mercy is vengeance dressed in robes."
Justice
"Kindness is the language that the deaf can hear and the blind can see."
Kindness
"Loss teaches what gain cannot."
Wisdom