Worthy

Famous quotes containing the word worthy:

“To live is shared by all, but not to be worthy of living.”
—Aurelius Clemens Prudentius (c. 348–405)

“The worthy poor. The very very worthy
And beautiful poor. Perhaps just not too swarthy?
Perhaps just not too dirty nor too dim
Nor—passionate.”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)

“The thought of our past years in me doth breed
Perpetual benediction: not indeed
For that which is most worthy to be blest—
Delight and liberty, the simple creed
Of Childhood, whether busy or at rest,
With new-fledged hope still fluttering in his breast:—”
—William Wordsworth (1770–1850)