01UndatedMoon and SeaYou are the moon, dear love, and I the sea:The tide of hope swells high within my breast,And hides the rough dark rocks of life's unrestWhen your fond eyes smile near in perigee.But when that loving face is turned from me,Low falls the tide, and the grim rocks appear,And earth's dim coast-line seems a thing to fear.You are the moon, dear one, and I the sea.Ella Wheeler Wilcox / quote ↗
02UndatedUselessnessLet mine not be the saddest fate of all, To live beyond my greater self; to see My faculties decaying, as the tree Stands stark and helpless while its green leaves fall Let me hear rather the imperious call, Which all men dread, in my glad morning time, And follow death ere I have reached my prime, Or drunk the strengthening cordial of life's gall. The lightning's stroke or the fierce tempest blast Which fells the green tree to the earth to-day Is kinder than the calm that lets it last, Unhappy witness of its own decay. May no man ever look on me and say, 'She lives, but all her usefulness is past.Ella Wheeler Wilcox / quote ↗
04UndatedChange 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.Ella Wheeler Wilcox / quote ↗
06UndatedAll love that has not friendship for its base is like a mansion built upon the sand.Ella Wheeler Wilcox / quote ↗
08UndatedTalk happiness. The world is sad enough without your woe. No path is wholly rough.Ella Wheeler Wilcox / quote ↗
09UndatedLove lights more fires than hate extinguishes And men grow better as the world grows old.Ella Wheeler Wilcox / quote ↗
10UndatedWith every deed you are sowing a seed though the harvest you may not see.Ella Wheeler Wilcox / quote ↗
12UndatedThe two kinds of people on earth that I mean Are the people who lift and the people who lean.Ella Wheeler Wilcox / quote ↗
13UndatedIt 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.Ella Wheeler Wilcox / quote ↗
14UndatedThough smooth be the heartless prayer no ear in heaven will mind it And the finest phrase falls dead if there is no feeling behind it.Ella Wheeler Wilcox / quote ↗
15UndatedAnd from the discontent of man The world's best progress springs.Ella Wheeler Wilcox / quote ↗
16UndatedLike 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.Ella Wheeler Wilcox / quote ↗
17UndatedThere is no balking genius. Only death can silence it or hinder.Ella Wheeler Wilcox / quote ↗
18Undated'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.Ella Wheeler Wilcox / quote ↗
19UndatedNo difficulty can discourage, no obstacle dismay, no trouble dishearten the man who has acquired the art of being alive. Difficulties are but dares of fate, obstacles but hurdles to try his skill, troubles but bitter tonics to give him strength; and he rises higher and looms greater after each encounter with adversity.Ella Wheeler Wilcox / quote ↗
20UndatedThere is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.Ella Wheeler Wilcox / quote ↗
21UndatedThe man who radiates good cheer, who makes life happier wherever he meets it, is always a man of vision and faith.Ella Wheeler Wilcox / quote ↗
22UndatedSo 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 / quote ↗
23UndatedAnd the smile that is worth the praises of earth is the smile that shines through tears.Ella Wheeler Wilcox / quote ↗
24UndatedTo sin by silence, when we should protest, Makes cowards out of men.Ella Wheeler Wilcox / quote ↗
