James Whitcomb Riley Quotes (13 Quotes)


    'Lord, I believe help Thou mine unbelief.' We must believe Being from birth endowed with love and trust Born unto lovingand how simply just That lovethat faitheven in the blossom-face The babe drops dreamward in its resting place, Intuitively cons.

    Continuous, unflagging effort, persistence and determination will win. Let not the man be discouraged who has these.

    It is no use to grumble and complain; It's just as cheap and easy to rejoice; When God sorts out the weather and sends rain - Why, rain's my choice.


    It haint no use to grumble and complane Its just as cheap and easy to rejoice When God sorts out the weather and sends rain, W'y rain's my choice.


    Oh, the worlds a curious compound, with its honey and its gall, With its cares and bitter crosses, but a good world after all. An a good God must have made itleastways, that is what I say, When a hand is on my shoulder in a friendly sort oway.

    Out of the hitherwhere into the yon The land that the Lords love rests upon, Where one may rely on the friends he meets, And the smiles that greet him along the streets, Where the mother that left you years ago Will lift the hands that were folded so, And put them about you, with all the love And tenderness you are dreaming of. Out of the hitherwhere into the yon Where all the friends of your youth have gone Where the old schoolmate who laughed with you Will laugh again as he used to do, Running to meet you, with such a face As lights like a moon the wondrous place Where God is living, and glad to live Since He is the Master and may forgive. Out of the hitherwhere into the yon Stay the hopes we are leaning on You, Divine, with Your merciful eyes Looking down from far-away skies, Smile upon us and reach and take Our worn souls Home for the old homes sake Out of the hitherwhere into the yon.

    The most essential factor is persistence - the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement that must inevitably come.

    When you awaken some morning and hear that somebody or other has been discovered, you can put it down as a fact that he discovered himself years ago - since that time he has been toiling, working, and striving to make himself worthy of general discovery.



    When I see a bird that walks like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck.

    I cannot say, and I will not say That he is dead. He is just away. With a cheery smile, and a wave of the hand, He has wandered into an unknown land. And left us dreaming how very fair It needs must be since he lingers there. And you you, who the wildest yearn For the old-time step and the glad return Think of him faring on, as dear In the love of there as the love of here Think of him still as the same, I say He is not deadhe is just away.


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