Author: Edwin Markham

Quotes

Big money is not a good thing for a little soul: it will only ensnare his feet, and he will fall to his ruin. Wealth is safe only for those who have a wealth of wisdom.

Big money is not a good thing for a little soul: it will only ensnare his feet, and he will fall to his ruin. Wealth is safe only for those who have a wealth of wisdom.

- Edwin Markham

Defeat may serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out.

Defeat may serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out.

- Edwin Markham

The thing that is incredible is life itself. Why should we be here in this sun-illuminated universe? Why should there be green earth under our feet?

The thing that is incredible is life itself. Why should we be here in this sun-illuminated universe? Why should there be green earth under our feet?

- Edwin Markham

It is better to rust out than wear out.

It is better to rust out than wear out.

- Edwin Markham

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 through and say at the end, the dream is true!

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 through and say at the end, the dream is true!

- Edwin Markham

The crest and crowning of all good, Life's final star, is brotherhood.

The crest and crowning of all good, Life's final star, is brotherhood.

- Edwin Markham

We have committed the Golden Rule to memory; let us now commit it to life.

We have committed the Golden Rule to memory; let us now commit it to life.

- Edwin Markham

There is a destiny which makes us brothers; none goes his way alone. All that we send into the lives of others comes back into our own.

There is a destiny which makes us brothers; none goes his way alone. All that we send into the lives of others comes back into our own.

- Edwin Markham

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