What you believe is more important than what you possess. What you live is more lasting than what you profess. Whom you inspire is more significant than whom you impress.
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARDThe winner asks, “May I help?” The loser asks, “Do you expect me to do that?”
More William Arthur Ward Quotes
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Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.
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Vow to be valiant. Resolve to be radiant. Determine to be dynamic. Strive to be sincere. Aspire to be attuned.
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Optimists enrich the present, enhance the future, challenge the improbable and attain the impossible.
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Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.
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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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If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it.
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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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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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To the optimist all doors have handles and hinges; to the pessimist, all doors have locks and latches.
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Encourage me, and I will not forget you.
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Flying off the handle sometimes causes hammers and humans to lose their heads, as well as their effectiveness.
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The experienced mountain climber is not intimidated by a mountain – he is inspired by it.
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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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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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Success never resides in the world of weak wishes, but in the palace of purposeful plans and prayerful persistence.
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