John Masefield Quotes
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God warms his hands at man's heart when he prays.
— John Masefield
To most of us the future seems unsure. But then it always has been; and we who have seen great changes must have great hopes.
— John Masefield
Life is a long headache in a noisy street.
— John Masefield
But Time and Tide and Buttered Eggs wait for no man.
— John Masefield
From '41 to '51I was my folk's contrary son;I bit my father's hand right throughAnd broke my mother's heart in two.
— John Masefield
Love is a flame to burn out human wills,
Love is a flame to set the will on fire,
Love is a flame to cheat men into mire. — John Masefield
Love is a flame to set the will on fire,
Love is a flame to cheat men into mire. — John Masefield
I have seen the Lady April bringing
the daffodils,
Bringing the springing grass and the
soft warm April rain. — John Masefield
the daffodils,
Bringing the springing grass and the
soft warm April rain. — John Masefield
All I ask is a tall ship and a star to sail her by.
— John Masefield
Life's battle is a conquest for the strong; The meaning shows in the defeated thing.
— John Masefield
Man's body is faulty, his mind untrustworthy, but his imagination has made him remarkable.
— John Masefield
I must go down to the sea ... to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship, and a star to steer her by ...
— John Masefield
I must go down to the sea again, for the call of the running tide, is a wild call and a clear call, that cannot be denied!
— John Masefield
Humans consist of body, mind and imagination. Our bodies are faulty, our minds untrustworthy, but our imagination has made us remarkable.
— John Masefield
Love is a flame to set the will on fire
— John Masefield
Once in a century a man may be ruined or made insufferable by praise. But surely once in a minute something generous dies for want of it.
— John Masefield
The luck will alter and the star will rise.
— John Masefield
Poetry is a mixture of common sense, which not all have, with an uncommon sense, which very few have.
— John Masefield
But he has gone, A nation's memory and veneration, Among the radiant, ever venturing on, Somewhere, with morning, as such spirits will.
— John Masefield
It's a warm wind, the west wind, full of birds' cries.
— John Masefield
Success is the brand on the brow of the man who aimed too low.
— John Masefield
O lovely lily clean, O lily springing green, O lily bursting white, Dear lily of delight, Spring in my heart agen That I may flower to men.
— John Masefield
My road leads me seawards To the white dipping sails.
— John Masefield
The distant soul can shake the distant friend's soul and make the longing felt, over untold miles.
— John Masefield
In this life he laughs longest who laughs last.
— John Masefield
Oh some are fond of Spanish wine, and some are fond of French.
— John Masefield
Off Cape Horn there are but two kinds of weather, neither one of them a pleasant kind.
— John Masefield
Death opens unknown doors. It is most grand to die.
— John Masefield
His face was filled with broken commandments.
— John Masefield
When Life knocks at the door no one can wait,
When Death makes his arrest we have to go. — John Masefield
When Death makes his arrest we have to go. — John Masefield
Most roads lead men homewards, My road leads me forth
— John Masefield
Coming in solemn beauty like slow old tunes of Spain.
— John Masefield
People who leave their own time out of their work cannot be surprised if their time fails to find them interesting.
— John Masefield
The days that make us happy make us wise.
— John Masefield
Christmas ought to be brought up to date," Maria said. "It ought to have gangsters, and aeroplanes and a lot of automatic pistols.
— John Masefield
The three foundations of judgement: Bold Design, Constant Practice, and Frequent Mistakes.
— John Masefield
Only the road and the dawn, the sun, the wind, and the rain,
And the watch fire under stars, and sleep, and the road again.
— John Masefield
And the watch fire under stars, and sleep, and the road again.
— John Masefield
Life, a beauty chased by tragic laughter.
— John Masefield