"'Tis the set of the sail that decides……" — Ella Wheeler Wilcox
"'Tis the set of the sail that decides the goal, and not the storm of life."
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94 Quotes by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Ella Wheeler Wilcox has 94 quotes on this site.
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Come, cuddle your head on my shoulder, dear, your head like the golden rod, and we will go sailing away…
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What can be said in New Year rhymes, That's not been said a thousand times? The new years come, the…
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I think of death as some delightful journey that I shall take when all my tasks are done.
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Love lights more fire than hate extinguishes.
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Talk happiness. The world is sad enough without your woe. No path is wholly rough.
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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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There is room in the halls of pleasure for a large and lordly train, but one by one we must…
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God, what a world, if men in street and mart felt that same kinship of the human heart which makes…
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Better than glory, or honors, or fame, (Though I am striving for those to-day) To know that some heart will…
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Know that you are great...so dominate.
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Talk not of the river or lake To those who have looked on the sea.
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Mourn not for the vanished ages with their grand, heroic men, who dwell in history's pages and live in the…
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A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
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A beginner must look on himself as one setting out to make a garden for his Lord's pleasure, on most…
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What the hell kind of man decides to dress up as a bat and run around the city? There's got…
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Remember, no one decides who they're going to vote for based on the vice president. I mean that literally.
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I think the journey for a politician goes from wanting to please all the people all the time, to a…
— Tony Blair
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How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone.
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The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides. Accept life, and you must accept…
— Henri Frédéric Amiel
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Whenever a warrior decides to do something, he must go all the way, but he must take responsibility for what…
— Carlos Castaneda
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If there really is a God who created the entire universe with all of its glories, and He decides to…
— Dave Barry
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Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure.
— Edsger Dijkstra
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Almost all education has a political motive: it aims at strengthening some group, national or religious or even social, in…
— Bertrand Russell
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I've come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element in the classroom. It's my personal approach that…
— Haim Ginott
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