Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Ella Wheeler Wilcoxwas an American author and poet. Her best-known work was Poems of Passion. Her most enduring work was "Solitude", which contains the lines, "Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone". Her autobiography, The Worlds and I, was published in 1918, a year before her death...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth5 November 1850
CountryUnited States of America
inspirational life helping-others
With every deed you are sowing a seed, though the harvest you may not see.
sadness woe path
Talk happiness. The world is sad enough without your woe. No path is wholly rough.
sparks divine thee
The spark divine dwells in thee: let it grow.
soul world may
Let there be many windows to your soul, that all the glory of the world may beautify it.
pain worry moments
For every hour of pain I have had a day of pleasure. For every moment of worry, an hour of content.
teamwork sports business
A pat on the back is only a few vertebrae removed from a kick in the pants, but is miles ahead in results.
wise wisdom looks
Don't look for flaws as you go through life and even when you find them it is wise and kind to be somewhat blind, and look for the virtue behind them.
love life friendship
All love that has not friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon the sand.
relationship smile im-sorry
There's one sad truth in life I've found While journeying east and west - The only folks we really wound Are those we love the best. We flatter those we scarcely know, We please the fleeting guest, And deal full many a thoughtless blow To those who love us best.
sad laughter being-alone
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...
memories heart garden
Back on its golden hinges The gate of Memory swings, And my heart goes into the garden And walks with the olden things.
cheer giving stranger
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.
sorrow despair fleeting
How fleeting the sorrows of youth, how slight the foundations on which the young build towers of despair
inspirational funny goal
'Tis the set of the sail that decides the goal, and not the storm of life.