William Arthur Ward Quotes
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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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Believe while others are doubting.
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Encourage me, and I will not forget you.
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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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Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.” —
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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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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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America needs fewer men obsessed with erecting fences of hate, suspicion and name calling.
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Will someone else's life be brighter tomorrow, because of what you have done today?
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Giving is more than a responsibility-it is a privilege; more than an act of obedience-it is evidence of our faith.
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Christmas can be the end of emptiness and waywardness; The beginning of happiness and purposefulness.
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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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Three keys to more abundant living: caring about others, daring for others, sharing with others.
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Delays, disappointments and defeats cause quitters to give up in resignation; losers, to give in the frustration; winners, to come through with determination.
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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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To bear defeat with dignity, to accept criticism with poise, to receive honors with humility - these are marks of maturity and graciousness.
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The greatest failure is the failure to try.
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A complaining tongue reveals an ungrateful heart.
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Prepare while others are daydreaming.
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Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.
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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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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
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The winner asks, "May I help?" The loser asks, "Do you expect me to do that?"
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Man, like the bridge, was designed to carry the load of the moment, not the combined weight of a year at once.