Letitia Elizabeth Landon Life Quotations

Everything that looks to the future elevates human nature; for life is never so low or so little as when occupied with the present.

Enthusiasm is the divine particle in our composition: with it we are great, generous, and true; without it, we are little, false, and mean.

What is life? A gulf of troubled waters, where the soul, like a vexed bark, is tossed upon the waves of pain and pleasure by the wavering breath of passions.

the fact is, that life is too short to be occupied by aught but the present - hope and remembrance are equally a waste of time.

From religion ... they will learn the only true lesson of equality - the conviction that our destinies are not in our own hands; they will see that no situation in life is without its share of suffering; - and this perpetual reference to a higher power ought equally to teach the rich humility, and the poor devotion.