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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Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.” —
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A complaining tongue reveals an ungrateful heart.
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Encourage me, and I will not forget you.
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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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A pinch of praise is worth a pound of scorn. A dash of encouragement is more helpful than a dipper of pessimism. A cup of kindness is better than a cupboard of criticism.
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A religion without the Holy Ghost, though it had all the ordinances and all the doctrines of the New Testament, would certainly not be Christianity.
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The winner asks, "May I help?" The loser asks, "Do you expect me to do that?"
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We are more than what we do... much more than what we accomplish... far more than what we possess.
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The more patient we are, the more understanding we become.
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Optimists enrich the present, enhance the future,challenge the improbable and attain the impossible
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A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life.
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The price of excellence is discipline. The cost of mediocrity is disappointment.
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Friendship flourishes at the fountain of forgiveness.
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A life lived without forgiveness is a prison.
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This bright new year is given me To live each day with zest To daily grow and try to be My highest and my best!
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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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Gratitude is the the energy of faith.
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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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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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There is one thing we can do better than anyone else: we can be ourselves.
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The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.
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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.
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Everyone has a common, yet unique, responsibility to the future: to make the most of today.