Quotes from Edgar Guest

The happy man is he who turns his soul Unto the light of joys that he can find; And pays each day its just demand of toll, But shuts the future troubles from his mind.

The proof of a man is the danger test, That shows him up at his worst or best.

The timid and fearful first failures dismay, but the stout heart stays trying by night and by day. He values his failures as lessons that teach The one way to get to the goal he would reach.

Love has the patience to endure the fault it sees but cannot cure.

He started to sing as he tackled the thing. That couldn't be done, and he did it.

One deed of kindness noticed is worth forty that are told.

Columbus dreamed of an unknown shore at the rim of a far flung sky.

You'll be richer in the end than a prince, if you're a friend.

I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day; I'd rather one should walk with me than merely tell the way.

At Christmas A man is at his finest towards the finish of the year; He is almost what he should be when the Christmas season's here; Then he's thinking more of others than he's thought the months before, And the laughter of his children is a joy worth toiling for. He is less a selfish creature than at any other time; When the Christmas spirit rules him he comes close to the sublime.

I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day; I'd rather one should walk with me than merely tell the way.

I have to live with myself and so, I want to be fit for myself to know.

I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day; I'd rather one should walk with me than merely tell the way. The eye's a better pupil and more willing than the ear, Fine counsel is confusing, but example's always clear; And the best of all the preachers are the men who live their creeds, For to see good put in action is what everybody needs.

I'm sorry for him who cannot hear what the tall trees have to say.

I want to be able, as days go by, always to look myself straight in the eye.

DREAMS Never by many are marvels wrought, By one or two are the dreams first caught. . . The dreamer must toil when the odds are great, Must stand to failure and work and wait. Must keep his faith though he stand alone, Until the truth of his dream is known.

For Age is not alone of time, or we should never see men old and bent at forty and men young at seventy-three.

Lord, this humble house we'd keep Sweet with play and calm with sleep. Help us so that we may give Beauty to the lives we live. Let Thy love and let Thy grace Shine upon our dwelling place.

All the world loves a lover, but how it does laugh at his love letters.

The things are mighty few on earth that wishes can attain. Whate'er we want of any worth, we've got to work to gain.

Away from the tumult of motor and mill I want to be care-free; I want to be still! I'm weary of doing things; weary of words I want to be one with the blossoms and birds.

But here in the struggle for fame and pelf I want to be able to like myself. I don't want to look at myself and know That I'm bluster and buff and empty show.

Courage must come from the soul within; the man must furnish the will to win. So figure it out for yourself, my lad. You were born with all that the great have had.

The best of all the preachers are the men who live their creeds.