Edwin Markham

He drew a circle that shut me out- Heretic , rebel, a thing to flout. But love and I had the wit to win: We drew a circle and took him In ! From the poem " Outwitted ↗

— Edwin Markham

#heretic #love #poem #rebel #wit

There is a destiny that makes us brothers: none goes his way alone, All that we send into the lives of others comes back into our own. ↗

— Edwin Markham

#inspirational

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! ↗

— Edwin Markham

#believe #dream #end #fight #great

A good action is never lost; it is a treasure laid up and guarded for the doer's need. ↗

— Edwin Markham

#doer #good #good action #guarded #laid

Defeat may serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out. ↗

— Edwin Markham

#glory #may #out #serve #shake

It is better to rust out than wear out. ↗

— Edwin Markham

#out #rust #than #wear

The thing that is incredible is life itself. Why should we be here in this sun-illuminated universe? Why should there be green earth under our feet? ↗

— Edwin Markham

#feet #green #here #incredible #itself

For all your days be prepared, and meet them ever alike. When you are the anvil, bear - when you are the hammer, strike. ↗

— Edwin Markham

#anvil #be prepared #bear #days #ever

We have committed the Golden Rule to memory; let us now commit it to life. ↗

— Edwin Markham

#committed #golden #golden rule #let us #life

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. ↗

— Edwin Markham

#back #bowed #burden #centuries #emptiness