Edgar Guest Quotes

It takes a heap o' livin' in a house t' make it home

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.

Don't give up, what've you do; eyes front, head high to the finish. See it through!

Children...they string our joys, like jewels bright, upon the thread of years.

Now seeds are just dimes to the man in the store And the dimes are the things that he needs, And I've been to buy them in seasons before But have thought of them merely as seeds; But it flashed through my mind as I took them this time, "You purchased a miracle here for a dime."

Let me be a little kinder, Let me be a little blinder to the faults of those around me.

Somebody said that it couldn't be done But he with a chuckle replied That "maybe it couldn't," but he would be one Who wouldn't say so till he tried. So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin On his face. If he worried he hid it. He started to sing as he tackled the thing That couldn't be done, and he did it.

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.

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.

Determination is the thing on which you can depend. It plods along without a swing, but gets there in the end.

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

Spring's greatest joy beyond a doubt is when it brings the children out.

Somebody scoffed, Oh, you'll never to that - At least no one ever has done it; But he took off his coat and he took off his hat, And the first thing we knew, he'd begun it.

A feller's glad to be a friend, Out fishin'. A helpin' hand he'll always lend, Out fishin' The brotherhood of rod and line An' sky an' stream is always fine; Men come real close to God's design, Out fishin'. A feller isn't plotting schemes, Out fishin'. He's only busy with his dreams, Out fishin' His livery is a coat of tan; His creed, to do the best he can; A feller's always mostly man Out fishin'.

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

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

I'll obey them in the winter when the doctors say to me I must give up ham and spinach, and obedient I'll be. To relieve my indigestion in December they can try, But there's none of them can stop me when it's time for cherry pie.

Stick to the fight whenyoure hardest hit

I take simple everyday things that happen to me and I figure it happens to a lot of other people and I make simple rhymes out of them.

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

A happy New Year! Grant that I May bring no tear to any eye When this New Year in time shall end Let it be said I've played the friend, Have lived and loved and labored here, And made of it a happy year.

There's no diet list I'll follow that would rule out cherry pie.

Fine counsel is confusing, but example is always clear

The things that haven't been done before, Are the tasks worthwhile today; Are you one of the flock that follows, or Are you one that shall lead the way? Are you one of the timid souls that quail At the jeers of a doubting crew, Or dare you, whether you win or fail, Strike out for a goal that's new?

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

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 man who wants a garden fair, or small or very big, With flowers growing here and there, Must bend his back and dig. 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. It matters not what goal you seek, It's secret here reposes: You've got to dig from week to week To get Results or Roses.

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

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

The world is no longer closed to us in the way it was in the past - present generations have unparalleled access to pretty much all corners of the globe.

But keep on working and hoping still. For in spite of the grumblers who stand about, somehow, it seems, all things work out.

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

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

I'd like to be the sort of friend that you have been to me. I'd like to be the help that you've been always glad to be; I'd like to mean as much to you each minute of the day, as you have meant, old friend of mine, to me along the way.

For to see good put in action is what everybody needs.

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

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

You when the storm is raging - how do you face despair? It is you that the world discovers, whatever the clothes you wear.

Every thought and every act were to keep this home in tact.

I take the family shopping round. The markets of the world.

And you can win, though you face the worst, if you feel that you're going to do it.

You are the person who has to decide. Whether you'll do it or toss it aside.

There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done, there are thousands to prophesy failure. There are thousands to point out to you, one by one, the dangers that await to assail you. But just buckle in with a bit of a grin, just take off your coat and go to it; just start to sing as you tackle the thing that "cannot be done," and you'll do it.

I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day

The Making of Friends Life is sweet because of the friends we have made And the things which in common we share; We want to live on, not because of ourselves, But because of the ones who would care. It's living and doing for somebody else On that all of life's splendor depends, And the joy of it all, when we count it all up, Is found in the making of friends.

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.

You are the person who has to decide. Whether you'll do it or toss it aside; You are the person who makes up your mind. Whether you'll lead or will linger behind. Whether you'll try for the goal that's afar. Or just be contented to stay where you are.

Be a friend. You don't need glory. Friendship is a simple story.