William Arthur Ward Quotes
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Excellence without effort is as futile as progress without preparation.
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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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We can choose to throw stones, to stumble on them, to climb over them, or to build with them.
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Better to master one mountain than a thousand foothills.
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Flying off the handle sometimes causes hammers and humans to lose their heads, as well as their effectiveness.
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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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Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.
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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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Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.
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A complaining tongue reveals an ungrateful heart.
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The price of excellence is discipline. The cost of mediocrity is disappointment.
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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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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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A friend is one with whom you are comfortable, to whom you are loyal, through whom you are blessed, and for whom you are grateful.
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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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The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.
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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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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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The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great 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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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.
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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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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