Sam Walter Foss

“The woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.”

“He saw a world of common men, A world of men who toiled and tried, Who did their work and paid their way, And lived and loved and laughed and died.”

“W'en you see a man in woe, Walk right up and say 'hullo.' Say 'hullo' and 'how d'ye do,' 'How's the world a-usin' you?'”

“A man's best things are nearest him, lie close about his feet.”

“I see the good in the world, the beauty and the hope, And the soul of man triumphant, climbing a difficult slope.”

“Bring me men to match my mountains, Bring me men to match my plains, Men with empires in their purpose, And new eras in their brains.”

“Laughter is the cheapest luxury man has.”

“The man who has a library of his own, part of his dwelling, is a happy man.”

“Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.”

“For the world is full of people, just as good as you and I.”

“Let me live in a house by the side of the road and be a friend to man.”

“The great city that is to be, the city of men and brethren, the city of love and justice, and of the helping hand.”