James Whitcomb Riley Quotes

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

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

Energy, Enthusiasm, Essential

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

Win, Effort, Continuous

The anger of a person who is strong, can always bide its time.
James Whitcomb Riley

Time, Anger, Strong

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

Nature, Bird, Call

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

Tree, Highest, Peach

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

Time, Morning, Down

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Poet

Born: October 7, 1849

Died: July 22, 1916

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