Sir Henry Newbolt

Famous quotes containing the words sir, henry and/or newbolt:

“Sir Francis, Sir Francis, Sir Francis is come;”
—Unknown. Upon Sir Francis Drake’s Return from His Voyage about the World, and the Queen’s Meeting Him (l. 1)

“Patience and tenacity are worth more than twice their weight of cleverness.”
—Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95)

“He saw the dark wainscot and timbered roof,
The long tables, and the faces merry and keen;
The College Eight and their trainer dining aloof,
The Dons on the dais serene.”
—Sir Henry Newbolt (1862–1938)