Ella Wheeler Wilcox quotes

All love that has not friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon the sand. (Ella Wheeler Wilcox)
A weed is but an unloved flower. View quote
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul. View quote
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
So many gods, so many creeds, so many paths that wind and wind while just the art of being kind is all the sad world needs. View quote
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
The truest greatness lies in being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind. View quote
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it. View quote
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
No question is ever settled Until it is settled right. View quote
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
To sin by silence, when we should protest, Makes cowards out of men. View quote
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
'Tis easy enough to be pleasant, When life flows along like a song; But the man worth while is the one who will smile when everything goes dead wrong. View quote
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and, you weep alone. View quote
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Who would attain to summits still and fair,Must nerve himself through valleys of despair. (Ella Wheeler Wilcox)
The world needs divine power in every human being the recognition of which is the secret to all success and happiness. View quote
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
There is no sudden entrance into Heaven. Slow is the ascent by the path of Love. View quote
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Not to the curious or impatient soulThat in the start, demands the end be shown,And at each step, stops waiting for a sign;But to the tireless toiler toward the goal,Shall the great miracles of God be knownAnd life revealed, immortal and divine. View quote
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
I'm no reformer; for I see more lightThan darkness in the world; mine eyes are quickTo catch the first dim radiance of the dawn,And slow to note the cloud that threatens storm. View quote
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Give, and thou shalt receive. Give thoughts of cheer,Of courage and success, to friend and stranger.And from a thousand sources, far and near,Strength will be sent thee in thy hour of danger. View quote
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
With every deed you are sowing a seed, though the harvest you may not see. View quote
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
And the smile that is worth the praises of earth is the smile that shines through tears. View quote
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
There is no language that love does not speak. View quote
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
It is impossible to pursue a successful literary career and follow the advice of all one's 'best friends'.I feel compelled to follow the light which my own intellect & judgement cast upon my way, rather than any one of the many conflicting rays which other minds would lend me. View quote
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
There is room in the halls of pleasure for a large and lordly train, but one by one we must all file on through the narrow aisles of pain. (Ella Wheeler Wilcox)
Who climbs the mountain does not always climb. The winding road slants downward many a time; Yet each descent is higher than the last. View quote
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
How fleeting the sorrows of youth, how slight the foundations on which the young build towers of despair. View quote
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Give of thy love, nor wait to know the worth Of what thou lovest; and ask no returning. And wheresoe'er thy pathway leads on earth, There thou shalt find the lamp of love-light burning. View quote
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Laugh and the world laughs with you, Weep and you weep alone For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth, But has trouble enough of its own. View quote
Ella Wheeler Wilcox