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Ella Wheeler Wilcox Quotes: The two kinds of people on earth that I mean Are the people who lift and the people who lean.
         

The two kinds of people on earth that I mean Are the people who lift and the people who lean.


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The truest greatness lies in being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind.

The truest greatness lies in being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind.



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

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



When we tire of well-worn ways, we seek for new. This restless craving in the souls of men spurs them to climb, and to seek the mountain view.

When we tire of well-worn ways, we seek for new. This restless craving in the souls of men spurs them to climb, and to seek the mountain view.



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

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



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.

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 they should protest, makes cowards of men.

To sin by silence, when they should protest, makes cowards of men.



Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it.

Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it.




There is nothing we cannot live down, and rise above, and overcome.

There is nothing we cannot live down, and rise above, and overcome.



With every deed you are sowing a seed, though the harvest you may not see.

With every deed you are sowing a seed, though the harvest you may not see.





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