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.
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARDFeeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.
More William Arthur Ward Quotes
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The experienced mountain climber is not intimidated by a mountain – he is inspired by it.
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We can learn much from wise words, little from wisecracks, and less from wise guys.
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The pessimist borrows trouble; the optimists lend encouragement.
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Do more than believe: practice.
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The adventure of life is to learn.
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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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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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A life lived without forgiveness is a prison.
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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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Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.
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Real optimism is aware of problems but recognizes the solutions.
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Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.
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A cloudy day is no match for a sunny disposition.
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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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Study while others are sleeping; work while others are loafing; prepare while others are playing; and dream while others are wishing.
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Blessed is the person who sees the need, recognizes the responsibility, and actively becomes the answer.
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Optimists enrich the present, enhance the future, challenge the improbable and attain the impossible.
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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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Vow to be valiant. Resolve to be radiant. Determine to be dynamic. Strive to be sincere. Aspire to be attuned.
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The more patient we are, the more understanding we become.
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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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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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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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Men never plan to be failures; they simply fail to plan to be successful.
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‘If only’ is the excuse of the loser; ‘I can’ is the affirmation of the winner.
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