Optimists enrich the present, enhance the future, challenge the improbable and attain the impossible.
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARDFlatter 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.
More William Arthur Ward Quotes
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Raised voices lower esteem. Hot tempers cool friendships. Loose tongues stretch truth. Swelled heads shrink influence. Sharp words dull respect.
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Happiness is an inside job.
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We can learn much from wise words, little from wisecracks, and less from wise guys.
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Do more than believe: practice.
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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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Do more than be fair: be kind.
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Real optimism sees the negatives but accentuates the positive.
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We can be resentful of our age, or we can be grateful for having attained it.
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The greatest failure is the failure to try.
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We are more than what we do much more than what we accomplish far more than what we possess.
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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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The more patient we are, the more understanding we become.
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In the face of unjust criticism we can become bitter or better; upset or understanding; hostile or humble; furious or forgiving.
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There is one thing we can do better than anyone else: we can be ourselves.
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