William Arthur Ward Quotes
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Believe while others are doubting.
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The more patient we are, the more understanding we become.
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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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Friendship flourishes at the fountain of forgiveness.
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America needs fewer men obsessed with erecting fences of hate, suspicion and name calling.
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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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Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.
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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 optimist pleasantly ponders how high his kite will fly; the pessimist woefully wonders how soon his kite will fall.
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Optimists enrich the present, enhance the future,challenge the improbable and attain the impossible
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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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A complaining tongue reveals an ungrateful heart.
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Before you speak, listen.
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The price of excellence is discipline. The cost of mediocrity is disappointment.
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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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A life lived without forgiveness is a prison.
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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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There is one thing we can do better than anyone else: we can be ourselves.
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Everyone has a common, yet unique, responsibility to the future: to make the most of today.
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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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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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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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Real optimism has reason to complain but prefers to smile.