Ella Wheeler Wilcox Quotes
An American author and poet.
(1850 - 1919)
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'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.
[Smile]
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'Tis the set of the sail that decides the goal, and not the storm of life.
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A pat on the back is only a few vertebrae removed from a kick in the pants, but is miles ahead in results.
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A weed is but an unloved flower.
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All love that has not friendship for its base, Is like a mansion built upon the sand.
[Friendship]
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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.
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And from the discontent of man The world's best progress springs.
[Progress]
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And the smile that is worth the praises of earth is the smile that shines through tears.
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Change is the watchword of progression. When we tire of well-worn ways, we seek for new. This restless craving in the souls of men spurs them to climb, and to seek the mountain view.
[Change]
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Day's sweetest moments are at dawn.
[Mornings]
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For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory of a Macaulay, the figure of Juno, and the hide of a rhinoceros.
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Give us that grand word "woman" once again, and let's have done with "lady"; one's a term full of fine force, strong, beautiful, and firm, fit for the noblest use of tongue or pen; and one's a word for lackeys.
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It has ever been since time began, and ever will be, till time lose breath, that love is a mood - no more - to man, and love to a woman is life or death.
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It is easy enough to be pleasant, when life flows by like a song. But the man worthwhile is one who will smile, when everything goes dead wrong.
[Positive]
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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.
[Friendship]
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Let there be many windows to your soul, that all the glory of the world may beautify it.
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Like the winds of the sea are the ways of fate; As the voyage along thru life; 'Tis the will of the soul That decides its goal, And not the calm or the strife.
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Love lights more fires than hate extinguishes, And men grow better as the world grows old.
[Happiness]
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No question is ever settled until it is settled right.
[Decisions]
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One ship drives east and other drives west by the same winds that blow. It's the set of the sails and not the gales that determines the way they go.
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