So many gods, so many creeds, so many paths that w... -Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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 , Writer
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox was an American author and poet. She is best known for her poem "Solitude" and her book of poetry titled "Poems of Passion." Her writings often explored themes of love, spirituality, and personal growth.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox Quotes to Explore

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....
To sin by silence, when we should protest, Makes cowards out of men....
'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....
A weed is but an unloved flower....
There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul....
The man who radiates good cheer, who makes life happier wherever he meets it, is always a man of vision and faith....
No difficulty can discourage, no obstacle dismay, no trouble dishearten the man who has acquired the art of being alive. Difficulties are but dares of...
And the smile that is worth the praises of earth is the smile that shines through tears....
The truest greatness lies in being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind....
All love that has not friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon the sand....

Sad Quotes to Explore

The sad fact is that spending rises every year, no matter what people want or say they want....
You get people who come to London, sever links with where they come from, and then when they need people, there's nobody there. To feel like you can't...
Being an old farm boy myself, chickens coming home to roost never did make me sad; they've always made me glad....
It sounds so nerdy and pathetic, but what I always do on Sunday afternoon is bring my inbox down to zero, which is so sad. But e-mail has become like ...
I get to play characters that kind of shock people and I enjoy doing that. I like characters that have meaning and get people in the heart. I want to ...
I was such a sullen, angry, sad kid. I'm sure there are writers who have had happy childhoods, but what are you going to write about? No ghosts, no fe...
The hardest thing to get is true emotion. I always believe you need to earn that with the audience. You can't just tell them, 'Ok, be sad now.'...
I'm not going to do a song that's really sad and thoughtful. Although I've done ballads like 'Dear Darlin',' I want to make them dance and be happy....
If people are paying money to see me, then I want them to walk away from the show knowing they had a really great time. I want it to be very energetic...
I don't really do sad, depressing songs....