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Better to master one mountain than a thousand foothills.
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We are more than what we do... much more than what we accomplish... far more than what we possess.
William Arthur Ward
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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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Faith is knowing there is an ocean because you have seen a brook.
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Nothing limits achievement like small thinking; nothing expands possibilities like unleashed imagination.
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Excellence without effort is as futile as progress without preparation.
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What you believe is more important than what you possess. What you live is more lasting than what you profess. Whom you inspire is more significant than whom you impress.
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Prepare while others are daydreaming.
William Arthur Ward
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The winner asks, "May I help?" The loser asks, "Do you expect me to do that?"
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Optimists enrich the present, enhance the future,challenge the improbable and attain the impossible
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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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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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Do more than believe: practice.
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Forgiveness from others is charity; from God, grace; from oneself, wisdom.
William Arthur Ward
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Freedom's enemies are waste, lethargy, indifference, immorality, and the insidious attitude of something for nothing.
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Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.
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There is one thing we can do better than anyone else: we can be ourselves.
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Friendship flourishes at the fountain of forgiveness.
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Today's patience can transform yesterday's discouragements into tomorrow's discoveries. Today's purposes can turn yesterday's defeats into tomorrow's determination.
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We can choose to throw stones, to stumble on them, to climb over them, or to build with them.
William Arthur Ward
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Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings.
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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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A life lived without forgiveness is a prison.
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A Winner's Blueprint for Achievement BELIEVE while others are doubting. PLAN while others are playing. STUDY while others are sleeping. DECIDE while others are delaying. PREPARE while others are daydreaming. BEGIN while others are procrastinating. WORK while others are wishing. SAVE while others are wasting. LISTEN while others are talking. SMILE while others are frowning. COMMEND while others are criticizing. PERSIST while others are quitting.
William Arthur Ward