A good action is never lost; it is a treasure laid up and guarded for the doer's need. |
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! |
All that we send into the lives of others comes back into our own |
Bowed by the weight of centuries he leans upon his hoe and gazes on the ground, the emptiness of ages in his face, and on his back the burden of the world. |
By a divine paradox, wherever there is one slave there are two. So in the wonderful reciprocities of being, we can never reach the higher levels until all our fellows ascend with us. |
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. |
Defeat may serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out. |
Fight ever on: this earthly stuff if used God's way will be enough. Face to the firing line o friend fight out life's battle to the end. One soldier, when the fight was red, threw down his broken sword and fled. Another snatched it, won the day, with what his comrade flung away. |
For all your days prepare, And meet them ever alike: When you are the anvil, bear-When you are the hammer, strike. |
I have felt it like a glory in my heart. |
It is better to rust out than wear out. |
Oft when the white, still dawn lifted the skies and pushed the hills apart, I have felt it like a glory in my heart |
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. |