To bear defeat with dignity, to accept criticism with poise, to receive honors with humility – these are marks of maturity and graciousness.
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARDOur greatest challenge-our greatest opportunity-is found in these words: ‘Choose ye this day.’
More William Arthur Ward Quotes
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Happiness is an inside job.
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Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.
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Three keys to more abundant living: caring about others, daring for others, sharing with others.
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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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Real optimism sees the negatives but accentuates the positive.
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We can learn much from wise words, little from wisecracks, and less from wise guys.
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Real optimism is aware of problems but recognizes the solutions.
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Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.
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We can be resentful of our age, or we can be grateful for having attained it.
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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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We are more than what we do much more than what we accomplish far more than what we possess.
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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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Today is a most unusual day, because we have never lived it before; we will never live it again; it is the only day we have.
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Our greatest challenge-our greatest opportunity-is found in these words: ‘Choose ye this day.’
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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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