William Arthur Ward Quotes
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Believe while others are doubting.
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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.
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The greatest failure is the failure to try.
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Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.” —
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God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say 'thank you?'
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Encourage me, and I will not forget you.
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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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Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.
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The pessimist borrows trouble; the optimists lend encouragement.
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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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Will someone else's life be brighter tomorrow, because of what you have done today?
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Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.
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The optimist pleasantly ponders how high his kite will fly; the pessimist woefully wonders how soon his kite will fall.
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Faith is knowing there is an ocean because you have seen a brook.
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Prepare while others are daydreaming.
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Three enemies of personal peace: regret over yesterday’s mistakes, anxiety over tomorrow’s problems, and ingratitude for today’s blessings.
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Freedom's enemies are waste, lethargy, indifference, immorality, and the insidious attitude of something for nothing.
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The winner asks, "May I help?" The loser asks, "Do you expect me to do that?"
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America needs fewer men obsessed with erecting fences of hate, suspicion and name calling.
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To make mistakes is human; to stumble is commonplace; to be able to laugh at yourself is maturity.
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A complaining tongue reveals an ungrateful heart.
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Optimists enrich the present, enhance the future,challenge the improbable and attain the impossible
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A mediocre music teacher tells. A good music teacher explains. A superior music teacher demonstrates. A great music teacher inspires.
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But risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he cannot learn, feel, change, grow or live. Chained by his servitude he is a slave who has forfeited all freedom. Only a person who risks is free. The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; and the realist adjusts the sails