Edgar A. Guest Quotes

Be inspired by these Edgar A. Guest quotes. Mr. Guest, 1881-1959, was a poet whose work lives on today. Be motivated by his words of wisdom. Most of his poems have motivational messages in them. He is well known for his poem It Couldn't Be Done. I first discovered Edgar A. Guest's work when I purchased his book, "Favorite Verse of Edgar A. Guest" at an auction. The book was published in 1950 and the poems in it are wonderful, full of wisdom. You may enjoy books by Edgar A. Guest Below find wisdom by the famous Edgar A. Guest, compiled by

Keep your dreams, for in them lies joy denied to men grown wise.
Edgar A. Guest, from Keep Your Dreams

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

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

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 A. Guest, Old Age

The best and the worst of you gleaming in all that you say and do, and the ting that counts isn't money, or glory, or power, but YOU!
Edgar A. Guest, What Counts

Don't give up, what've you do; Eyes front, head high to the finish. See it through!
Edgar A. Guest, See It Through

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

You ought to be true for the sake of the folks who think you are true. You never should stoop to a deed that your folks think you would not do. If you are false to yourself, be the blemish but small, you have injured your folks; you have been false to them all.
Edgar A. Guest

Be a friend. You don't need money: just a disposition sunny...
Edgar A. Guest, Be A Friend

Just start to sing as you tackle the thing that "cannot be done," and you'll do it.
Edgar A. Guest, It Couldn't Be Done

To do my best, and let that stand the record of my brain and hand...
Edgar A. Guest, from My Creed

You'll be richer in the end than a prince, if you're a friend.
Edgar A. Guest, Be A Friend

But somehow, as day always follows the night, most of our troubles work out all right.
Edgar A. Guest, Things Work Out



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