“I hold no dream of fortune vast, Nor seek undying fame.”

— Edgar A. Guest, "Success", Just Folks, 1917

About Edgar A. Guest

1881 – 1959

English-born American poet, known as the "People's Poet".

“He started to sing as he tackled the thing that couldn't be done, and he did it.”

“Life must be what we make of it.”

“Whate'er my task, be this my creed: I am on earth to fill a need.”

“You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.”

“Prosperity is the best protector of principle.”

“Myths are made for the imagination to breathe life into them.”

“It is in vain to dream of a wildness distant from ourselves.”

“Tell me not, in mournful numbers, life is but an empty dream!”

“Do not try to live for ever. You will not succeed.”