We can learn much from wise words, little from wisecracks, and less from wise guys.
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARDOptimists enrich the present, enhance the future, challenge the improbable and attain the impossible.
More William Arthur Ward Quotes
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The more we count the blessings we have, the less we crave the luxuries we haven’t.
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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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Commend while others are criticizing, persist while others are quitting.
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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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Do more than believe: practice.
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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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The winner asks, “May I help?” The loser asks, “Do you expect me to do that?”
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Enthusiasm is the match that lights the candle of achievement.
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The more patient we are, the more understanding we become.
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Blessed is the person who sees the need, recognizes the responsibility, and actively becomes the answer.
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Three enemies of personal peace: regret over yesterday’s mistakes, anxiety over tomorrow’s problems, and ingratitude for today’s blessings.
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We can be resentful of our age, or we can be grateful for having attained it.
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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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Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.
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Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you. Love me and I may be forced to love you.
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