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
motivational overcoming rise-above
There is nothing we cannot live down, rise above, and overcome.
originality imitation poor
A poor original is better than a good imitation.
wise wisdom lying
And however dark the skies may appear, And however souls may blunder, I tell you it all will work out clear, For good lies over and under.
sexy love-you wine
I Love your lips when they're wet with wine and red with wicked desire.
motivational fate waiting
Do not miss the purpose of this life, and do not wait for circumstance to mold or change you fate.
sparks divine thee
The spark divine dwells in thee: let it grow.
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.
climbs you-choose
Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose.
kindness wish world
Do you wish the world were happy? Then remember day by day, just to scatter seeds of kindness as you pass along the way. . . .
wise wisdom morning
High in the heavens I saw the moon this morning, Albeit the sun shone bright; Unto my soul it spoke, in voice of warning, "Remember Night!"
wise wisdom wish
Do you wish the world were better? Let me tell you what to do: Set a watch upon your actions, Keep them always straight and true...
wise wisdom fate
Better to wait and yearn, and still to wait, And die at last with unappeased desire, Than live to be the jest of such a fate, For that is my conception of hell-fire.
wise wisdom luxury
Ah, lady! it is hardly what you thought it, This life of luxury and social power; You gave yourself as principal, and bought it, But God extracts the interest hour by hour.
mistake making-mistakes
God sent us here to make mistakes