Quotes by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

"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."

"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."

"The splendid discontent of God  With Chaos, made the world; … And from the discontent of man  The world's best progress springs."

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

"For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory of a Macaulay, the figure of Juno, and the hide of a rhinoceros."

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

"Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it."

"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."

"'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."

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

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

"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."

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

"With care, and skill, and cunning art, She parried Time's malicious dart, And kept the years at bay, Till passion entered in her heart and aged her in a day!"

"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."

"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."