Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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. ↗

— Ella Wheeler Wilcox

#began #breath #death #ever #life

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

#craving #men #mountain #new #restless

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

#control #destiny #determined #fate #firm

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

#being #creeds #gods #just #kind

'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

#along #dead #easy #enough #everything

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

— Ella Wheeler Wilcox

#earth #praises #shines #tears #through

A pat on the back is only a few vertebrae removed from a kick in the pants, but is miles ahead in results. ↗

— Ella Wheeler Wilcox

#back #few #kick #miles #only

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

#choose #comes #connoisseur #heart #like

All love that has not friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon the sand. ↗

— Ella Wheeler Wilcox

#built #friendship #like #love #mansion

The man who radiates good cheer, who makes life happier wherever he meets it, is always a man of vision and faith. ↗

— Ella Wheeler Wilcox

#cheer #faith #good #good cheer #happier