John Masefield Quotes

The days that make us happy make us wise

I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky; and all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by.

I have seen flowers come in stony placesAnd kind things done by men with ugly faces,And the gold cup won by the worst horse at the races,So I trust, too.

All I ask is a tall ship and a star to sail her by.

Men in a ship are always looking up, and men ashore are usually looking down.

There are few earthly things more beautiful than a university a place where those who hate ignorance may strive to know, where those who perceive truth may strive to make others see.

Since the printing press came into being, poetry has ceased to be the delight of the whole community of man; it has become the amusement and delight of the few.

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.

It's a warm wind, the west wind, full of birds' cries; I never hear the west wind but tears are in my eyes. For it comes from the west lands, the old brown hills, And April's in the West wind, and daffodils.

God warms his hands at man's heart when he prays.