Famous quotes containing the word worthy:
“Let north and south—let all Americans—let all lovers of liberty everywhere—join in the great and good work. If we do this, we shall not only have saved the Union; but we shall have so saved it, as to make, and to keep it, forever worthy of the saving. We shall have so saved it, that the succeeding millions of free happy people, the world over, shall rise up, and call us blessed, to the latest generations.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)
“Remember I have done thee worthy service,
Told thee no lies, made no mistakings, served
Without or grudge or grumblings.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“As near and far as grass,
Where eyes become the sunlight, and the hand
Is worthy of water: the dreamt land
Toward which all hungers leap, all pleasures pass.”
—Richard Wilbur (b. 1921)