Fate Quotes by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

13 Fate quotes by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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Wilcox’s poetic optimism shines through as she explores how thoughts can shape outcomes, making this a succinct yet uplifting set of reflections.

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It is a common fate -- a woman's lot -- To waste on one the riches of her soul, Who takes the…

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Better to wait and yearn, and still to wait, And die at last with unappeased desire, Than live to be the jest…

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Do not miss the purpose of this life, and do not wait for circumstance to mold or change you fate.

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No fate could rob us of our own-- No circumstance can make it less; What time removes was but a loan, For…

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Use all your hidden forces. Do not miss The purpose of this life, and do not wait For circumstance to mould or…

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Divine the Powers that on this trio wait. Supreme their conquest, over Time and Fate. Love, Work, and Faith - these three…

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Thank Fate for foes! I hold mine dear As valued friends. He cannot know The zest of life who runneth here His…

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There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.

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One ship drives east and another drives west With the selfsame winds that blow. Tis the set of the sails And not…

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No difficulty can discourage, no obstacle dismay, no trouble dishearten the man who has acquired the art of being alive. Difficulties are…

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There is no chance, no destiny, no fate,Can circumvent or hinder or controlThe firm resolve of a determined soul.Gifts count for nothing;…

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Let mine not be that saddest fate of all To live beyond my greater self; to see My faculties decaying, as the…

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Unwearied, and with springing steps elate, I had conveyed my wealth along the road. The empty sack proved now a heavier load:…

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Why dost thou shrink from my approach, O Man? Why dost thou ever flee in fear, and cling To my false rival, Life? I…

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With every rising of the sun Think of your life as just begun. The past has shrived and buried deep All yesterdays— there let…

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“Why, even Death stands still and waits an hour for such a will.”

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Better to wait and yearn, and still to wait, And die at last with unappeased desire, Than live to be the jest of such…

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Love lights more fires than hate extinguishes, and men grow better as the world grows old.

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Back on its golden hinges The gate of Memory swings, And my heart goes into the garden And walks with the olden things.

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I hold it true that thoughts are things Endowed with bodies, breath, and wings, And that we send them forth to fill The world…

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All perfect things are saddening in effect. The autumn wood robed in its scarlet clothes, The matchless tinting on the royal rose Whose velvet…

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Content is not the pathway to great deeds.

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Don't anticipate the happiness of tomorrow. Discover it today.

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