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Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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The identity of Ella Wheeler Wilcox may be elusive, but the power of their words is anything but. With equal ease, Ella Wheeler Wilcox moved between Art and Smile, finding connections others missed. Browse 17 quotes by Ella Wheeler Wilcox that cover ground from Art, Smile, Men, Work, and Wisdom. One standout: "The man who radiates good cheer, who makes life happier wherever he meets it, is always a man of vision and faith."

“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

Men

All Quotes by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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

— Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Friendship

“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

Art

“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

Faith

“'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

Men

“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

Art

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

— Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Best

“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!”

— Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Art

“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.”

— Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Motivational

“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

Men

“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.”

— Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Success

“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

Death

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

— Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Wisdom

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

— Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Smile