William Arthur Ward Quotes
What you believe is more important than what you possess. What you live is more lasting than what you profess. Whom you inspire is more significant than whom you impress.
Quotes to Explore
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I know every politician spins the truth a little.
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Christianity has stayed stable, as it must do. The doctrines don't change. The understanding of what it means to walk with God doesn't change. The reality of worship doesn't change, not at heart, anyway. So Christianity appears to be stuck.
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Terrorism should be seen in the light of the country's security and not from the narrow perspective of caste, creed and religion.
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A man's friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage - but they are also no less invalidated by the marriage of his friends.
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Allowing homosexuality means allowing satanic rights.
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For a writer, life is always too short to write. I will just try my best during what remains of my life.
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There are many cultural prejudices. For instance, even though fresh fish is a regional staple, Catalans don't like sashimi.
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I have always compared our traditions of liberty, like those of Abraham Lincoln and Ho Chi Minh.
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It is faith that drives us to build, a belief that we cannot be limited by lack of nerve or airspace.
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I think the most rewarding part for me is kind of not knowing where the story's going next, and then finding out and being blown away by it.
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With any relationship that goes on and is productive over a long period, there have to be some sort of interlocking qualities in those personalities that make it possible to survive.
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During the Cold War, the U.S. instituted a policy of sending money to governments in poor countries to buy their political loyalty. While studies show that sending aid to foreign governments creates allegiance, it does not lead to economic progress.
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Being a public company is really terrible for most companies. I'd say Facebook and Google have done a pretty good job of standing up to the incredible quarterly pressure to hit numbers, but most companies - and I've observed a lot now - don't do a very good job of that.
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I've been taking batting practice in my barn where nobody can see me, so I may be better than anyone thinks.
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I'd always wanted to write books ever since I was a kid.
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I was actually a Cowboys fan.
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I find the term 'workaholic' to be distasteful because it reminds me of the harried-looking lawyers I recall chained to their desks through nights and weekends during my lawyer days years ago.
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I know what it feels like to be a victim of domestic violence.
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Many people can rightfully claim, as much as anyone can rightfully claim anything, that much of their lives have been spent stumbling through a cloud of cluelessness.
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In the last analysis, productivity of labour is the most important, the principal thing for the victory of the new social system.
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I'm a horrible drawer. I have no artistic ability in my hands.
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The marvelous thing is that even in studying linguistics, we find that the universe as a whole is patterned, ordered, and to some degree intelligible to us.
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I'm a complete and utter busker.
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What you believe is more important than what you possess. What you live is more lasting than what you profess. Whom you inspire is more significant than whom you impress.
