“Love lights more fires than hate extinguishes.””
Quotes by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
“To sin by silence, when they should protest, makes cowards of men.””
“A weed is but an unloved flower.””
“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.””
“There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent, or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.””
“It is easy to tell the toiler How best he can carry his packBut no one can rate a burden's weightUntil it has been on his back””
“There are two kinds of people on earth today,Two kinds of people no more I say.Not the good or the bad, for it's well understood,The good are half bad, the bad are half good.Not the happy or sad, for in the swift-flying years,Bring each man his laughter, each man his tears.Not the rich or the poor, for to count a man's wealth,You must know the state of his conscience and health.Not the humble and proud, for in life's busy span,Who puts on vain airs is not counted a man.No! the two kinds of people on earth I mean,Are the people who lift, the people who lean.Wherever you go you'll find the world's massesAre ever divided into these two classes.And, strangely enough, you will find, too, I mean,There is only one lifter to twenty who lean.In which class are you? Are you easing the loadOf the overtaxed lifters who toiled down the road?Or are you a leaner who lets others bear,Your portion of worry and labor and care?””
Ella Wheeler WilcoxElla Wheeler Wilcox was an influential American poet and author known for her accessible and emotive verse. Born in 1850, she gained prominence in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with her poet...