The optimist pleasantly ponders how high his kite will fly; the pessimist woefully wonders how soon his kite will fall.
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARDMen never plan to be failures; they simply fail to plan to be successful.
More William Arthur Ward Quotes
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The adventure of life is to learn.
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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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The essence of life is to care. The beauty of life is to give.
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Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.
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To bear defeat with dignity, to accept criticism with poise, to receive honors with humility – these are marks of maturity and graciousness.
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Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.
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The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.
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A success is one who decided to succeed and worked. A failure is one who decided to succeed and wished.
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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.
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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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If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it.
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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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The greatest failure is the failure to try.
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Do more than be fair: be kind.
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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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To the optimist all doors have handles and hinges; to the pessimist, all doors have locks and latches.
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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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The pessimist borrows trouble; the optimists lend encouragement.
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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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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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Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.
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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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God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say ‘thank you?’
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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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Optimists enrich the present, enhance the future, challenge the improbable and attain the impossible.
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A friend is one with whom you are comfortable, to whom you are loyal, through whom you are blessed, and for whom you are grateful.
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