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A second-class is a first-class mistake.
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Raised voices lower esteem. Hot tempers cool friendships. Loose tongues stretch truth. Swelled heads shrink influence. Sharp words dull respect.
William Arthur Ward
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Wise are they who have learned these truths: Trouble is temporary. Time is tonic. Tribulation is a test tube.
William Arthur Ward -
Flying off the handle sometimes causes hammers and humans to lose their heads, as well as their effectiveness.
William Arthur Ward -
Opportunity is often difficult to recognize; we usually expect it to beckon us with beepers and billboards.
William Arthur Ward -
A friend is one who joyfully sings with you when you are on the mountaintop, and silently walks beside you through the valley.
William Arthur Ward -
To make mistakes is human; to stumble is commonplace; to be able to laugh at yourself is maturity.
William Arthur Ward -
If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it.
William Arthur Ward
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A success is one who decided to succeed and worked. A failure is one who decided to succeed and wished.
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Every person has the power to make others happy. Some do it simply by entering a room others by leaving the room. Some individuals leave trails of gloom; others, trails of joy. Some leave trails of hate and bitterness; others, trails of love and harmony. Some leave trails of cynicism and pessimism; others trails of faith and optimism. Some leave trails of criticism and resignation; others trails of gratitude and hope. What kind of trails do you leave?
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We must be silent before we can listen. We must listen before we can learn. We must learn before we can prepare. We must prepare before we can serve. We must serve before we can lead.
William Arthur Ward -
Real and lasting generosity requires that a person do more than make up his mind to give. He must also make up his heart.
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In life, satisfaction is experienced when activities are brought to a state of completion. Loss of energy and loss of control are functions of incompletion. The result of completing things releases one's ability to create. Prioritize any items that need to be completed, set a completion date, then do it.
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Humanity either makes, or breeds, or tolerates all its afflictions.
William Arthur Ward
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Three keys to more abundant living: caring about others, daring for others, sharing with others.
William Arthur Ward -
The greatest ideas, the most profound thoughts, and the most beautiful poetry are born from the womb of silence
William Arthur Ward -
Enthusiasm is the match that lights the candle of achievement.
William Arthur Ward -
Believe while others are doubting.
William Arthur Ward -
TODAY can be a healthy unusual day for you-and for others-if you take time to give someone a smile . . . to express a word of kindness . . . to lend a helping hand to someone in need . . . ..to write a note of gratitude . . . to give a word of encouragement to someone who is temporarily overcome with problems . . . to share a portion of your material possessions with others.
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The adventure of life is to learn. The purpose of life is to grow. The nature of life is to change. The challenge of life is to overcome. The essence of life is to care. The opportunity of like is to serve. The secret of life is to dare. The spice of life is to befriend. The beauty of life is to give.
William Arthur Ward
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As the valley gives height to the mountain, so can sorrow give meaning to pleasure; as the well is the source of the fountain, deep adversity can be a treasure.
William Arthur Ward -
Do more than belong: participate. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe: practice. Do more than be fair: be kind. Do more than forgive: forget. Do more than dream: work.
William Arthur Ward -
Fools act on imagination without knowledge. Pedants act on knowledge without imagination.
William Arthur Ward -
A complaining tongue reveals an ungrateful heart.
William Arthur Ward