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
pain worry moments
For every hour of pain I have had a day of pleasure. For every moment of worry, an hour of content.
love life friendship
All love that has not friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon the sand.
sparks divine thee
The spark divine dwells in thee: let it grow.
inspirational funny goal
'Tis the set of the sail that decides the goal, and not the storm of life.
sorrow despair fleeting
How fleeting the sorrows of youth, how slight the foundations on which the young build towers of despair
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.
sadness woe path
Talk happiness. The world is sad enough without your woe. No path is wholly rough.
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.
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.
self years generosity
There is no satisfaction that can compare with looking back across the years and finding you've grown in self-control, judgment, generosity, and unselfishness.
running dark winning
All in the dark we grope along, And if we go amiss We learn at least which path is wrong, And there is gain in this. We do not always win the race By only running right; We have to tread the mountain's base Before we reach its height.
fashion passion autumn
The birds laugh loud and long together When Fashion's followers speed away At the first cool breath of autumn weather. Why, this is the time, cry the birds, to stay! When the deep calm sea and the deep sky over Both look their passion through sun-kissed space, As a blue-eyed maid and her blue-eyed lover Might each gaze into the other's face.
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.