William Arthur Ward Quotes
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A life lived without forgiveness is a prison.
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Another fresh new year is here . . . Another year to live! To banish worry, doubt, and fear, To love and laugh and give! 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! I have the opportunity Once more to right some wrongs, To pray for peace, to plant a tree, And sing more joyful songs!
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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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Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.
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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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Better to master one mountain than a thousand foothills.
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Blessed is the person who sees the need, recognizes the responsibility, and actively becomes the answer.
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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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Optimists enrich the present, enhance the future,challenge the improbable and attain the impossible
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Faith is knowing there is an ocean because you have seen a brook.
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Excellence without effort is as futile as progress without preparation.
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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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There is one thing we can do better than anyone else: we can be ourselves.
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The more patient we are, the more understanding we become.
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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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Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.
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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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Friendship flourishes at the fountain of forgiveness.
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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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Forgiveness from others is charity; from God, grace; from oneself, wisdom.
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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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Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings.
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Gratitude is the the energy of faith.