The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARD
The adventure of life is to learn.
More William Arthur Ward Quotes
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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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Everyone has a common, yet unique, responsibility to the future: to make the most of today.
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A life lived without forgiveness is a prison.
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Failure is not fatal. Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. It should challenge us to new heights of accomplishments, not pull us to new depths of despair. From honest failure can come valuable experience.
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Optimists enrich the present, enhance the future, challenge the improbable and attain the impossible.
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Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.
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The more patient we are, the more understanding we become.
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For each new morning with its light, For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends. Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.
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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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Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.”
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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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Love is more than a noun-it is a verb; it is more than a feeling-it is caring, sharing, helping, sacrificing.
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A true friend knows your weaknesses but shows you your strenghs; feels your fears but fortifies your faith; sees your anxieties but frees your spirit; recognizes your disabilities but emphasizes your possibilities.
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To make mistakes is human; to stumble is commonplace; to be able to laugh at yourself is maturity.
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We can learn much from wise words, little from wisecracks, and less from wise guys.
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Success never resides in the world of weak wishes, but in the palace of purposeful plans and prayerful persistence.
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