Author: Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Quotes

The truest greatness lies in being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind.

The truest greatness lies in being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind.

- Ella Wheeler Wilcox

The splendid discontent of God With chaos made the world. And from the discontent of man The worlds best progress springs.

The splendid discontent of God With chaos made the world. And from the discontent of man The worlds best progress springs.

- 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.

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.

- Ella Wheeler Wilcox

And the smile that is worth the praises of earth is the smile that shines through tears.

And the smile that is worth the praises of earth is the smile that shines through tears.

- Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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.

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.

- 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.

There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.

- Ella Wheeler Wilcox

You may choose your words like a connoisseur, And polish it up with art, But the word that sways, and stirs, and stays, Is the word that comes from the heart.

You may choose your words like a connoisseur, And polish it up with art, But the word that sways, and stirs, and stays, Is the word that comes from the heart.

- Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Love lights more fires than hate extinguishes, and men grow better as the world grows old.

Love lights more fires than hate extinguishes, and men grow better as the world grows old.

- Ella Wheeler Wilcox

To sin by silence, when we should protest, Makes cowards out of men.

To sin by silence, when we should protest, Makes cowards out of men.

- Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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