keithcraft.com
LeadershipologyBeta

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Many men do not allow their principles to take root, but pull them up every now…

Many men do not allow their principles to take root, but pull them up every now and then, as children do the flowers they have planted, to see if they are growing.

In today’s wordsMany people won't let their principles take root; they keep pulling them up to see if they're growing, like children with planted flowers.

Henry Wadsworth LongfellowCommonly attributed
Source
From the book Quoted in Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers, compiled by Josiah H. Gilbert, 1895

Every quote on Principles