True worth is in being, not seeming — In doing each day that goes by Some little good — not in dreaming Of great things to do by and by. For whatever men say in their blindness, And spite of the fancies of youth, There's nothing so kingly as kindness,... The Bright Side: The Book of Good Cheer - Page 691909 - 116 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1916 - 338 pages
...beast, but it can never change falsehood into truth. Alice Gary has well put the thought when she says: "True worth is in being, not seeming: In doing each...great things to do by and by. For whatever men say in their blindness And spite, of the the fancies of youth. There's nothing so kingly as kindness, And... | |
| Ohio State Board of Agriculture - 1909 - 784 pages
...There is only one road to permanent distinction, and that is by sterling and substantial worth. "Tiue worth is in being, not seeming, In doing each day that goes by Some little good@not In dreaming Of great things to do by and by. For whatever men say in blindness, And spite... | |
| Tennessee. General Assembly. House of Representatives - 1887 - 822 pages
...make this year the most successful in educational circles. We are sensitive of the fact that — t (i True worth is in being, not seeming; In doing each...Some little good ; not in dreaming Of great things to be done by and by." It may not be out of place to state that at our last teachers* meeting " your administration... | |
| 1907 - 600 pages
...lie rendered me during my long illness, which impresses me with the truth of the following lines: " True worth is in being, not seeming, In doing each day that goes by Some little good, not in the dreaming Of great things to do by and by ; For whatever men say in blindness, And spile of the... | |
| Alice Cary - 1873 - 328 pages
...is weary, dreary pain, That enemy, most darkly dread, Grows pitiful, and snaps the chain. NOBILITY. TRUE worth is in being, not seeming,— In doing each day that goes by Some little good — not in the dreaming Of great things to do by and by. For whatever men say in blindness, And spite of the fancies... | |
| Alice Cary - 1874 - 324 pages
...worth is in being, not seeming, — In doing each day that goes by Some little good — not in the dreaming Of great things to do by and by. For whatever men saj in blindness, And spite of the fancies of youth, There's nothing so kingly as kindness, And nothing... | |
| James Willis Westlake - 1876 - 168 pages
...break, At the foot of thy crags, O Sea ! ' But the tender grace of a day that is dead JKorM.] CCIV. True worth is in being, not seeming,— In doing,...great things to do by and by ; For whatever men say in their blindness, And spite of the fancies of youth, There is nothing so kingly as kindness, And nothing... | |
| Elizabeth Lloyd - 1876 - 154 pages
...MACKAY. XV. Fear God, and where you go men shall think they walk in hallowed cathedrals. EMEKSON. XVI. True worth is in being, not seeming, In doing, each...great things to do by and by ; For whatever men say in their blindness, And in spite of the fancies of youth, There is nothing so kingly as kindness, And... | |
| Michigan. State Board of Agriculture - 1876 - 556 pages
...entertain, — and by so doing gain a self-respect which can not fail to help ourselves and others. " True worth is in being, — not seeming: In doing,...each day that goes by, Some little good — not in the dreaming Of great things to do by-and-by ; For whatever men say in blindness, And spite of the... | |
| Alice Cary, Phoebe Cary, Mary Clemmer - 1876 - 468 pages
...is weary, dreary pain, That enemy, most darkly dread, Grows pitiful, and snaps the chain. NOBILITY. TRUE worth is in being, not seeming, — In doing each day that goes by Some little good — not in the dreaming Of great things to do by and by. For whatever men say in blindness, And spite of the fancies... | |
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