Though critics may bow to art, and I am its own true lover,
It is not art, but heart, which wins the wide world over.

Though smooth be the heartless prayer, no ear in Heaven will mind it,
And the finest phrase falls dead if there is no feeling behind it.

Though perfect the player's touch, little, if any, he sways us,
Unless we feel his heart throb through the music he plays us.

Though the poet may spend his life in skilfully rounding a measure,
Unless he writes from a full, warm heart he gives us little pleasure.

So it is not the speech which tells, but the impulse which goes with the saying;
And it is not the words of the prayer, but the yearning back of the praying.

It is not the artist's skill which into our soul comes stealing
With a joy that is almost pain, but it is the player's feeling.

And it is not the poet's song, though sweeter than sweet bells chiming,
Which thrills us through and through, but the heart which beats under the rhyming.

And therefore I say again, though I am art's own true lover,
That it is not art, but heart, which wins the wide world over.


Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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Oh! I know this truth, if I know no other,That passionate Love is Pain's own mother.
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So many gods, so many creeds, So many paths that wind and wind, While just the art of being kind Is ...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
Back on its golden hingesThe gate of Memory swings,And my heart goes into the gardenAnd walks with t...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
There's one sad truth in life I've foundWhile journeying east and west -The only folks we really wou...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
If you work with zeal and ardor till the night,You can only make the wasted moments right.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
Conversation"God and I in space alone . . .and nobody else in view . . ."And where are all the peopl...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
The river seeking for the seaConfronts the dam and precipice,Yet knows it cannot fail or miss;You wi...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
Between the finite and the infiniteThe missing link of Love has left a void.Supply the link, and ear...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
Then arise, O idle dreamer! Dreams are sweet,But better flowers are growing at your feet.If you crus...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
I know that the soul is aidedSometimes by the heart's unrest,And to grow means often to suffer --But...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
'Tis the set of the sail that decides the goal, and not the storm of life
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
Laugh and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone; For the sad old earth must borrow its...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
Love, that outreaches to the humblest things;Work that is glad, in what it does and brings;And faith...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
The man who radiates good cheer, who makes life happier wherever he meets it, is always a man of vis...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
We ought to make the moments notesOf happy glad Thanksgiving;The hours and days, a silent praiseOf m...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
The two kinds of people on earth that I meanAre the people who lift and the people who lean.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
Some souls there are that needs must tasteOf wrong, ere choosing right;We should not call those year...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
...the smile that is worth the praises of earth Is the smile that shines through tears.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
When Christmas bells are swinging above the fields of snow, we hear sweet voices ringing from lands ...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
Let there be many windows to your soul, that all the glory of the world may beautify it.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
Fear is the twin of Faith's sworn foe, Distrust.If one breaks in your heart the other must.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
Laugh, and the world laughs with you;
Weep, and you weep alone;
For the sad old earth must...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
And the smile that is worth the praises of earth is the smile that shines through tears.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
Feast, and your halls are crowded
Fast, and the world goes by
Succeed and give, and it hel...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
Love lights more fires than hate extinguishes.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
The truest greatness lies in being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
'Tis easy enough to be pleasant, When life flows along like a song; But the man worth while is t...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
One ship drives east and other drives west by the same winds that blow. It's the set of the sail...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
You may choose your words like a connoisseur, And polish it up with art, But the word that sways, an...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
It has ever been since time began, and ever will be, till time lose breath, that love is a mood - no...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
Earth is the anteroom of Heaven, if we choose to see it so.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
Between the finite and the infinite
The missing link of Love has left a void.
Supply the lin...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
My goal would be to make Frank Capra-type films about real people, how they define their reality.
LARRY WILCOX
I've been very selective in what I did and didn't do.
LARRY WILCOX
The literary aspect of the film business excites me, but show business in general doesn't take a...
LARRY WILCOX
Everyone in business is tenacious and extremely aggressive. If you're not a 'now' person...
LARRY WILCOX
I love to act, but business is more interesting because it's more competitive and involves more ...
LARRY WILCOX
I guess I'm just a frustrated cowboy.
LARRY WILCOX
I owe the public a good performance, the best I can give. We really bust our chops on 'CHiPs'...
LARRY WILCOX
I learned a lesson that I don't ever want to be a CEO.
LARRY WILCOX
I've always felt that children are the flowers of our future.
LARRY WILCOX
I was raised on a ranch in Wyoming, and I've been riding horses most of my life.
LARRY WILCOX
I don't mind talking about 'what might have been,' but I am not one to doubt or regret m...
LARRY WILCOX
The film business was a great lesson in business combat and what it takes to survive.
LARRY WILCOX
I just didn't realize how powerful 'CHiPs' was.
LARRY WILCOX
A lot of people in film run around with a facade and use the right vocabulary and think they're ...
LARRY WILCOX
It's like with a girl: it's more fun to meet and slowly, gradually learn things about each o...
LARRY WILCOX
Exposing your ignorance is how you get somebody to embrace you.
LARRY WILCOX
Life can be a bore if you're constantly walking sidewalks instead of a tightrope once in a while...
LARRY WILCOX
Dentistry was an ego trip, and acting is a personal need. Usually it's the reverse, and I honest...
LARRY WILCOX
Family is very important to me because that is the footprint we perpetuate. That is, the ripple in t...
LARRY WILCOX
I have learned a great deal in my life, and DeMolay helped me to learn that character and integrity ...
LARRY WILCOX
I'm very candid.
LARRY WILCOX
I have a special interest in children who have lost a parent or loved one in the line of duty as the...
LARRY WILCOX
Teaching is the greatest act of optimism
COLLEEN WILCOX
I'm not trying to send any kind of message or anything like that. That kind of stuff doesn't matter ...
AARON WILCOX
Just winning my first match at states feels really good because it relieves a lot of pressure. This ...
AARON WILCOX
We would have liked to host this -- no one wants to travel -- but we came in with our heads up and w...
AARON WILCOX
We've got nothing to lose. They've been (on top) for forever, so we'll just go wrestle them tough --...
AARON WILCOX
Progress always involves risk; you can't steal second base and keep your foot on first.
FREDERICK WILCOX
Teaching is the greatest act of optimism.
COLLEEN WILCOX
Another thing I like to do is sit back and take in nature. To look at the birds, listen to their sin...
LARRY WILCOX
When voters go into the voting booth and they read what's being proposed, it's going to be like comm...
BEN WILCOX
The losers are the people of Florida. We were trying to get a chance to take some of the power away ...
BEN WILCOX
It's kind of typical campaign finance in Florida. You find these wealthy special interests who are g...
BEN WILCOX
The most realistic situation could be is that potential challengers don't see the possibility of win...
BEN WILCOX
The key requirement is that any plan that passes this commission has to pass by ten votes, so you're...
BEN WILCOX
This exceptional event will help fund research in the battle against cancer. Each year more than a h...
BEN WILCOX
It's going to come down to however much Senator Lee is willing to make this a top priority. It's a t...
BEN WILCOX
I think it would be significant campaign finance reform. It would be a serious attempt to deal with ...
BEN WILCOX
Consumers aren't able to make significant campaign contributions - and certainly not in that league.
BEN WILCOX
I just don't think businesses spend money like that just in the interest of good government and help...
BEN WILCOX
Progress always involves risk; you can't steal second base and keep your foot on first.
FREDERICK WILCOX
We were out there having fun, playing, executing, running the plays and everything else was falling ...
CHRIS WILCOX
People are still going to meet in restaurants. They may just have to pay their own way.
BEN WILCOX
Before you apply to a job, I'd suggest you check out the job you're applying to. Especially in this ...
KEVIN WILCOX
We're asking everybody to be aware of their surroundings,
JAMES WILCOX
Their immigration status is not our concern, ... Our concern is the crime itself.
JAMES WILCOX
We believe there might be some people who didn't call us because of their immigration status,
JAMES WILCOX
We want to make sure we're on the same page,
JAMES WILCOX
Give a man love, and he will be happy for a time. Teach a man how to love, and he will have joy thro...
JAMES WILCOX
You always have your procrastinators who are going to push the deadline no matter what.
CHERYL WILCOX
when your child is born, you know that of all the lives you might have lived, only this one was ever...
K WILCOX
Linux use doesn't go beyond file servers or print servers because the applications aren't there.
JOE WILCOX
This is phase 2. Phase 1 was withholding certain things, such as downloads. But that wasn't going to...
JOE WILCOX
There's long been concern about privacy on the Internet. What's different now is there is more crimi...
JOE WILCOX
That's going to mean that there's going to have to be some consensus across party lines and among in...
BEN WILCOX
It (the current system) is a question of who's in power and who is able to use the process for polit...
BEN WILCOX
The system has basically been rigged to protect incumbents and discourage competition.
BEN WILCOX
The whole idea behind public financing was to hold down the cost of campaigns and encourage more peo...
BEN WILCOX
It's kind of troublesome. They're getting around the intent of the law to require that parties and c...
BEN WILCOX
Bush raised money up to that level, then stopped and allowed the party to take over the funding of t...
BEN WILCOX