Poem
Touching Shoulders
Here’s a heartfelt poem about the strength other people provide without knowing it. The author is unknown and has been showing up since at least the 1970s: Touching Shoulders There’s a comforting thought at the close of the day,When I’m weary and lonely and sadThat sort of grips hold of this old heartAnd bids it […]
Failure Poems
I know, I know: what can you learn from some poems about “failure”? Well, isn’t it a “truism” that we learn more from failure than from success? With that in mind, give these old lost poems a few minutes’ chance, and see what you can learn from them. My guess is you’ll be glad you […]
Quotes About Work
Here’s a few work quotes for your enjoyment: The fun of being alive is realizing that you have a talent and you can use it every day, so it grows stronger. -Lou Centlivre We have too many people who live without working, and we have altogether too many who work without living. -Charles R. Brown […]
It Shows In Your Face
Here’s a great poem you’ve probably heard before; it’s called “It Shows in Your Face” and the author is Lottie Pratt Brown. You don’t have to tell how you live each day; You don’t have to say if you work or you play; A tried, true barometer serves in the place– However you live, it […]
I Bargained With Life For A Penny
Here’s a well-known poem that I’m sure you’ve read before. But I know it’s a good one to be reminded of: My Wage “I bargained with Life for a penny, And Life would pay no more, However I begged at evening When I counted my scanty store. For Life is a just employer, He gives […]
Courage by Edgar A. Guest
I’ll be willing to bet that most Edgar A. Guest fans have not read this poem before, so this will be a real treat for them…and you! Anything by Guest is inspired: COURAGE This is courage: to remain Brave and patient under pain; Cool and calm and firm to stay In the presence of dismay; […]
It Takes Courage – Dauntless – Poems
Hi All, I found a couple more great poems dealing with the topic of courageousness. I know it takes a little more effort to digest these than if they were short “quipy” quotes, but they really are worth the read. Enjoy! -Shawn IT TAKES COURAGE To stand for the right at all times. To […]
What is Success?
Success is being friendly when another needs a friend, It’s in the cheery words you speak, not in the coins you lend. Success is not alone in skill and deeds of daring great, It’s in the roses that you plant beside your garden gate. Success is in the way you walk the paths of life […]