Ella Wheeler Wilcox Quotes

I've had to learn to fight all my life - got to learn to keep smiling. If you smile things will work out.

No matter what comes your way, shake it off and move forward. When you have a positive mindset, you can't be defeated.

That's the thing about life. A lot of the time, it isn't easy at all. We just have to try to make the best of it.

My father taught me that one of the most important abilities in life is to be able to take the pain and persevere, and for years this lesson had served me well.

When we talk about adversity, this is the moment when character really gets tested. When things aren't going the way you want and you can't see anyway that they're going to go the way you want. That's kind of when those old virtues really become valuable and vulnerable also.

Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes.

Quick beleevers neede broad shoulders.

'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.

My natural reaction is to smile through things.

I have lived long enough to be battered by the realities of life, and not too long to be downed by them.

The thing is, the only real sign of life is growth. And growth requires pain. So to choose life is to accept pain.

Any fool can fight a winning battle, but it needs character to fight a losing one, and that should inspire us; which reminds me that I dreamed the other night that I was being hanged, but was the life and soul of the party.

Why did the achievers overcome problems while thousands are overwhelmed by theirs? They refused to hold on to the common excuses for failure. They turned their stumbling blocks into stepping stones. They realized that they couldn't determine every circumstance in life but they could determine their choice of attitude towards every circumstance.

Don't convince yourself you're over, don't convince yourself you're done, just because the things around you seem heavy, doesn't mean you can't get off this ground.

No man, with a man's heart in him gets far on his way without some bitter, soul-searching disappointment. Happy is he who is brave enough to push on to another stage of the journey.

I try to view the challenges in my life not as annoyances, but as confirmations of fortitude.

Keep on shining, keep on smiling, don't lose faith, and don't lose heart. When you're crying, just keep trying to remind yourself, you're a shining star, yes you are.

I will keep a smile on my face and in my heart even when it hurts today.

I need people who look at adversity as a challenge and failure as a learning opportunity.

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.

Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly if they even roll a few more on it. A strength which becomes clearer and stronger through experiences of such obstacles is the only strength that can conquer them. Resistance is only a waste of strength.

When discouragement comes, don't stop. Dig deep and fight it through!

Life is very hard, isn't it? It does kill you, after all.