Charles Edwin Markham quotes and words of wisdom

"There is a destiny that makes us brothers: None goes his way alone: All that we send into the lives of others Comes back unto our own."
Found in the topic Brotherhood.

"We are all blind until we see That in the human plan Nothing is worth the making If it does not make the man. Why build these cities glorious If man unbuilded goes? We build the world in vain Unless the builders also grow."
Found in the topic Unsorted.

"Bowed by the weight of centuries he leans Upon his hoe and gazes at the ground, The emptiness of ages in his face, And on his back the burden of the world."
Found in the topic Labor.

"We have committed the Golden Rule to memory. Let us now commit it to life."
Found in the topic Gold.

"Yes, take a little time to play And look at life the other way. God rested when the world was made: Rest now, old friend; be not afraid. But think not that your work is over, That you are now a foot-free rover, A rambler upon idle ways, Whittling away the golden days. For in the road climb to the goal There?s no long furlough for a soul. There?s no long pause: on every height Another summit swims in sight. The long road rises, scene by scene, With little restings in between. And so I say that every end Is only an unexpected bend In eternal road we go To peaks above from peaks below. The yesterdays are shells we shed: The best is always on ahead. There?s always some new world for winning; And every end is a new beginning!"
Found in the topic Rest.

"He drew a circle that shut me out? Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout. But love and I had the wit to win; We drew a circle that took him in!"
Found in the topic Love.

"Ah, great it is to believe the dream As we stand in youth by the starry stream; But a greater thing is to fight life?s battles through, And say at the end, "The dream is true!""
Found in the topic Dream.

Interesting Quotes

An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations.Charles de Montesquieu - French lawyer & philosopher (1689 - 1755)

Life is what happens while you are making other plans.John Lennon - English singer & songwriter (1940 - 1980)