William Arthur Ward Quotes
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Real optimism has reason to complain but prefers to smile.
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Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.
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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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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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Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.
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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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Leadership is a serving relationship that has the effect of facilitating human development.
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Do more than believe: practice.
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Do more than be fair: be kind.
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The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
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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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Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings.
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The adventure of life is to learn.
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Do you depend on others for motivation - or can you motivate yourself?
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Our greatest challenge-our greatest opportunity-is found in these words: 'Choose ye this day....'.
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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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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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We can learn much from wise words, little from wisecracks, and less from wise guys.
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It is wise to direct your anger towards problems - not people; to focus your energies on answers - not excuses.
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'If only' is the excuse of the loser; 'I can' is the affirmation of the winner.
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Before you speak, listen.
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If you would be interesting, be interested, if you would be pleased, be pleasing, if you would be loved, be loveable, if you would be helped be helpful.
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If laser beams can cut through mountains, why should we doubt the power of prayer?