I can't sleep without knowing there's hope. Half the night I waste in sighs. In a wakeful doze I sorrow. For the hands, for the lips... the eyes. For…

- Alfred Lord Tennyson

Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control; these three alone lead one to sovereign power.

- Alfred Lord Tennyson

Speak to Him, thou, for He hears, and Spirit with Spirit can meet- Closer is He than breathing, and nearer than hands and feet.

- Alfred Lord Tennyson

Hope Smiles from the threshold of the year to come, Whispering 'it will be happier'.

- Alfred Lord Tennyson

Better not to be at all Than not to be noble.

- Alfred Lord Tennyson

It's better to have tried and failed than to live life wondering what would've happened if I had tried

- Alfred Lord Tennyson

The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions.

- Alfred Lord Tennyson

'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

- Alfred Lord Tennyson

Love's arms were wreathed about the neck of Hope, And Hope kiss'd Love, and Love drew in her breath In that close kiss and drank her whisper'd tale…

- Alfred Lord Tennyson