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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.
Edgar Guest
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Edgar Guest
Age: 77 †
Born: 1881
Born: August 20
Died: 1959
Died: August 5
Poet
Birmingham
West Midlands
Eddie Guest
Edgar A. Guest
Edgar Albert Guest
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I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day I'd rather one should walk with me than merely tell the way.
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The best of all the preachers are the men who live their creeds.
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I want to be able, as days go by, always to look myself straight in the eye.
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Tomorrow--there's no day so fair, It knows no sorrow A day that banishes despair, Joy rules tomorrow.
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No one is beat till he quits, no one is through till he stops. No matter how hard failure hits, no matter how often he drops, a fellow's not down till he lies in the dust and refuses to rise.
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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.
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For to see good put in action is what everybody needs.
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I have to live with myself and so, I want to be fit for myself to know.
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Love has the patience to endure the fault it sees but cannot cure.
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Every thought and every act were to keep this home in tact.
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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.
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You'll be richer in the end than a prince, if you're a friend.
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You are the person who has to decide. Whether you'll do it or toss it aside.
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