William Arthur Ward Quotes
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Real optimism is exposed to the worst but expects the best.
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America needs fewer men obsessed with erecting fences of hate, suspicion and name calling.
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Do more than belong: participate. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe: practice. Do more than be fair: be kind. Do more than forgive: forget. Do more than dream: work.
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Friendship flourishes at the fountain of forgiveness.
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A complaining tongue reveals an ungrateful heart.
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Excellence without effort is as futile as progress without preparation.
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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 optimist pleasantly ponders how high his kite will fly; the pessimist woefully wonders how soon his kite will fall.
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Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.
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Encourage me, and I will not forget you.
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Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.
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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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Optimists enrich the present, enhance the future,challenge the improbable and attain the impossible
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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 price of excellence is discipline. The cost of mediocrity is disappointment.
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Before you speak, listen.
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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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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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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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A life lived without forgiveness is a prison.
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Real optimism is aware of problems but recognizes the solutions, knows about difficulties but believes they can be overcome, sees the negatives but accentuates the positives, is exposed to the worst but expects the best, has reason to complain but chooses to smile.
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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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Forgiveness from others is charity; from God, grace; from oneself, wisdom.
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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!