William Arthur Ward Quotes
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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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Our greatest challenge-our greatest opportunity-is found in these words: 'Choose ye this day....'.
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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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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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Gratitude is the the energy of faith.
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Optimists enrich the present, enhance the future,challenge the improbable and attain the impossible
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To bear defeat with dignity, to accept criticism with poise, to receive honors with humility - these are marks of maturity and graciousness.
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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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The adventure of life is to learn.
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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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Before you speak, listen.
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Real optimism has reason to complain but prefers to smile.
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If laser beams can cut through mountains, why should we doubt the power of prayer?
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Another fresh new year is here. Another year to live! To Banish worry, doubt and fear, to love and give
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Leadership is a serving relationship that has the effect of facilitating human development.
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Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings.
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A life lived without forgiveness is a prison.
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The greatest hazard in life is to risk NOTHING.
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Everyone has a common, yet unique, responsibility to the future: to make the most of today.
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Do you depend on others for motivation - or can you motivate yourself?
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We can learn much from wise words, little from wisecracks, and less from wise guys.
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'If only' is the excuse of the loser; 'I can' is the affirmation of the winner.
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Wise are those who learn that the bottom line doesn't always have to be their top priority.
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Every day is a good day to examine our prime-time priorities.