The truest greatness lies in ...

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.
 Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.
I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.

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All love that has not friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon the sand.
 Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Oh! I know this truth, if I know no other, That passionate Love is Pain's own mother.
 Ella Wheeler Wilcox
There's one sad truth in life I've found While journeying east and west - The only folks we really wound Are those we love the best. We flatter those we scarcely know, We please the fleeting guest, And deal full many a thoughtless blow To those who love us best.
 Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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.
 Ella Wheeler Wilcox
There is nothing we cannot live down, and rise above, and overcome.
 Ella Wheeler Wilcox