Life is like a cocktail, made up for the most part of sweet things, and tinged with a dash of bitters. We must drain it to the dregs to get at the cherry, just as we must live a full… — Edgar Guest Copy Share Image
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… — Edgar Guest Copy Share Image
Oh, you'll not be any poorer if you smile along your way. And your lot will not be harder for the kindly things you… — Edgar Guest Copy Share
Children...they string our joys, like jewels bright, upon the thread of years. — Edgar Guest Copy Share
Courage must come from the soul within; the man must furnish the will to win. So figure it out for yourself, my lad. You… — Edgar Guest Copy Share
So long as men shall be on earth, there will be tasks for them to do. Some way for them to show their worth.… — Edgar Guest Copy Share
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… — Edgar Guest Copy Share
The proof of a man is the danger test, It shows him up at his worst, or his best. — Edgar Guest Copy Share
Somebody scoffed, Oh, you'll never to that - At least no one ever has done it; But he took off his coat and he… — Edgar Guest Copy Share
Tomorrow--there's no day so fair, It knows no sorrow; A day that banishes despair, Joy rules tomorrow. — Edgar Guest Copy Share
If your purse no longer bulges and you've lost your golden treasure, If times you think you're lonely and have hungry grown for pleasure,… — Edgar Guest Copy Share
The happy man is he who turns his soul Unto the light of joys that he can find; And pays each day its just… — Edgar Guest Copy Share
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… — Edgar Guest Copy Share
And you can win, though you face the worst, if you feel that you're going to do it. — Edgar Guest Copy Share
If you never take a chance, you will never be defeated - but you will never accomplish anything either. — Edgar Guest Copy Share
