Delays, disappointments and defeats cause quitters to give up in resignation; losers, to give in the frustration; winners, to come through with determination.
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARDMen never plan to be failures; they simply fail to plan to be successful.
More William Arthur Ward Quotes
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Do more than be fair: be kind.
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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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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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The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.
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God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say ‘thank you?’
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To the optimist all doors have handles and hinges; to the pessimist, all doors have locks and latches.
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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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We can be resentful of our age, or we can be grateful for having attained it.
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A friend is one who joyfully sings with you when you are on the mountaintop, and silently walks beside you through the valley.
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A cloudy day is no match for a sunny disposition.
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A life lived without forgiveness is a prison.
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Will someone else’s life be brighter tomorrow, because of what you have done today?
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Faith is knowing there is an ocean because you have seen a brook.
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Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.
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Enthusiasm is the match that lights the candle of achievement.
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