“Life must be what we make of it.”

— Edgar A. Guest, "Life", All That Matters, p. 80

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.”

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

“If there be laughter in your heart Don't hold it for tomorrow.”

“Each of us lives only now, this brief instant.”

“Life is our dictionary.”

“Get a bicycle. You will not regret it, if you live.”

“If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.”

“Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life.”

“Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.”