Study while others are sleeping; work while others are loafing; prepare while others are playing; and dream while others are wishing.
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARDRaised voices lower esteem. Hot tempers cool friendships. Loose tongues stretch truth. Swelled heads shrink influence. Sharp words dull respect.
More William Arthur Ward Quotes
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Everyone has a common, yet unique, responsibility to the future: to make the most of today.
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The winner asks, “May I help?” The loser asks, “Do you expect me to do that?”
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Friendship flourishes at the fountain of forgiveness.
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A pinch of praise is worth a pound of scorn. A dash of encouragement is more helpful than a dipper of pessimism. A cup of kindness is better than a cupboard of criticism.
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Faith is knowing there is an ocean because you have seen a brook.
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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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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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Our greatest challenge-our greatest opportunity-is found in these words: ‘Choose ye this day.’
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Do more than be fair: be kind.
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The optimist pleasantly ponders how high his kite will fly; the pessimist woefully wonders how soon his kite will fall.
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Words, like tranquil waters behind a dam, can become reckless and uncontrollable torrents of destruction when released without caution and wisdom.
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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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Men never plan to be failures; they simply fail to plan to be successful.
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Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.
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The greatest ideas, the most profound thoughts, and the most beautiful poetry are born from the womb of silence.
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