I am seventy years old and I bought this book when I was a young man from a book of the month club. It is a great mix of poems and literature. They are from my parents era. My mother, who never read it, used to quote from some of them. My oldest daughter borrowed it and lost some twenty years ago.I have been looking for it ever since. Concurrently with my buying it on Amazon.com, my daughter had, un-beknownst to me, named her antique store after it. She used the poem "Where There's a Will, There's a Way" in an invitation to her son's graduation. Since then, I have bought a copy for a nephew and her son and her husband bought her a copy.

This is the most amazing book! It includes any famous quotes, speeches, stories, poems, songs, etc. It is like having a mini-encyclopedia in one book. We use it all the time in our homeschool. You have to have this book.

My parents bought a collection of books from a door-to-door salesman when I was very young. This book was included. My family used this book until it was visibly more worn than the rest. My favorite poem was "Casey at the Bat" and we all loved so many items in the book. In college I borrowed this book and lost it. We have all been so sad about that for years and years. I am so happy to find it again through Amazon.com! I will buy a copy for Mom and myself!

Like the other two books in this series by Ralph Woods, this book contains many hundreds of poems, speeches, and other literary golden nuggets that truly are a treasure to any family that reads. My only problem with this book is trying to get friends to return it after they have "borrowed" it to check a quotation or a poem. Mine goes to wedding rehersals, funerals, christenings; wherever people who value words are gathered together. My library shelf would seem bare without a copy.

Wellsprings For Wisdom is a truly enlightening book to read for all ages. It uses storytelling as a method of processing thoughts that often seem difficult to explain. The topics range from life, religion, loyalty, family, to everyday common sense. A down to earth book you'll never stop talking about.