Edgar A. Guest Quotes
Edgar A. Guest, 1881-1959, was a poet whose work lives on today. Enjoy his inspirational quotes and sayings. 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 words of wisdom. If you enjoy the quotes below, you may enjoy books by Edgar A. Guest
Below are inspirational quotes by the famous Edgar A. Guest:
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, from Old Age
Be a friend. You don't need money:
Just a disposition sunny...
Edgar A. Guest, from Be A Friend
Just start to sing as you tackle the thing
That "cannot be done," and you'll do it.
Edgar A. Guest, from 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, from Be A Friend
But somehow, as day always follows the night,
Most of our troubles work out all right.
Edgar A. Guest, from Things Work Out
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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, from What Counts
Don't give up, what've you do;
Eyes front, head high to the finish.
See it through!
Edgar A. Guest, from 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