Love’s humility is love’s true pride.
—Bayard Taylor
Topics: Humility
Opportunity is rare, and a wise man will never let it go by him.
—Bayard Taylor
Topics: Opportunity
Pardon, not wrath, is God’s best attribute.
—Bayard Taylor
Topics: Faith, Forgiveness, God
From the desert I come to thee, On a stallion shod with fire; And the winds are left behind In the speed of my desire.
—Bayard Taylor
Topics: Desires, Desire
Fame is what you have taken, character is what you give. When to this truth you awaken, then you begin to live.
—Bayard Taylor
Topics: Character
The loving are the daring.
—Bayard Taylor
Topics: Risk
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