James Whitcomb Riley quotes

The ripest peach is highest on the tree. (James Whitcomb Riley)

One naked star has waded through The purple shadows of the night, And faltering as falls the dew It drips its misty light.

James Whitcomb Riley

O'er folded blooms On swirls of musk, The beetle booms adown the glooms And bumps along the dusk.

James Whitcomb Riley

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

James Whitcomb Riley

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.

James Whitcomb Riley

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.

James Whitcomb Riley

An' the Gobble-uns 'll git you Ef you don't watch out.

James Whitcomb Riley

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.

James Whitcomb Riley

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.

James Whitcomb Riley

James Whitcomb Riley

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Occupation: American Poet
Born: October 7, 1849
Died: July 22, 1916
Quotes count: 9
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