William Arthur Ward Quotes
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Three keys to more abundant living: caring about others, daring for others, sharing with others.
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Enthusiasm is the match that lights the candle of achievement.
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A true friend knows your weaknesses but shows you your strenghs; feels your fears but fortifies your faith; sees your anxieties but frees your spirit; recognizes your disabilities but emphasizes your possibilities.
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Believe while others are doubting.
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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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A cloudy day is no match for a sunny disposition.
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Faith is knowing there is an ocean because you have seen a brook.
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Raised voices lower esteem. Hot tempers cool friendships. Loose tongues stretch truth. Swelled heads shrink influence. Sharp words dull respect.
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Real optimism is exposed to the worst but expects the best.
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The greatest ideas, the most profound thoughts, and the most beautiful poetry are born from the womb of silence
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Blessed is the person who sees the need, recognizes the responsibility, and actively becomes the answer.
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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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A complaining tongue reveals an ungrateful heart.
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Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.
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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.
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Encourage me, and I will not forget you.
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The price of excellence is discipline. The cost of mediocrity is disappointment.
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If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it.
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America needs fewer men obsessed with erecting fences of hate, suspicion and name calling.
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We can choose to throw stones, to stumble on them, to climb over them, or to build with them.
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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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Excellence without effort is as futile as progress without preparation.
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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 are most like beasts when we kill. We are most like men when we judge. We are most like God when we forgive.