Be a friend. You don't need glory. Friendship is a simple story. Edgar Guest More Quotes by Edgar Guest More Quotes From Edgar Guest I have to live with myself and so, I want to be fit for myself to know. Edgar Guest fit knows want For to see good put in action is what everybody needs. Edgar Guest action needs 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. Edgar Guest everyday-things simple people The proof of a man is the danger test, That shows him up at his worst or best. Edgar Guest tests military men 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. Edgar Guest coats done firsts 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." Edgar Guest justice time men One deed of kindness noticed is worth forty that are told. Edgar Guest forty deeds kindness For Age is not alone of time, or we should never see men old and bent at forty and men young at seventy-three. Edgar Guest three age men 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. Edgar Guest laughter christmas children There's nothing that builds up a toil-weary soul Edgar Guest dream men lying Stick to the fight whenyoure hardest hit Edgar Guest dont-give-up giving-up fighting Columbus dreamed of an unknown shore at the rim of a far flung sky. Edgar Guest wisdom sleep knowledge 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. Edgar Guest done would-be faces Determination is the thing on which you can depend. It plods along without a swing, but gets there in the end. Edgar Guest swings determination ends Children...they string our joys, like jewels bright, upon the thread of years. Edgar Guest jewels children years 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. Edgar Guest care nature bird You when the storm is raging - how do you face despair? It is you that the world discovers, whatever the clothes you wear. Edgar Guest clothes-you-wear despair adversity Fine counsel is confusing, but example is always clear Edgar Guest confusing example leadership 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. Edgar Guest light happiness men Every thought and every act were to keep this home in tact. Edgar Guest december tact home
