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 WARDTo make mistakes is human; to stumble is commonplace; to be able to laugh at yourself is maturity.
More William Arthur Ward Quotes
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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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To the optimist all doors have handles and hinges; to the pessimist, all doors have locks and latches.
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Commend while others are criticizing, persist while others are quitting.
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Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.”
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Optimists enrich the present, enhance the future, challenge the improbable and attain the impossible.
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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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The experienced mountain climber is not intimidated by a mountain – he is inspired by it.
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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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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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Do more than believe: practice.
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The adventure of life is to learn.
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Encourage me, and I will not forget you.
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We can be resentful of our age, or we can be grateful for having attained it.
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Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.
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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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Raised voices lower esteem. Hot tempers cool friendships. Loose tongues stretch truth. Swelled heads shrink influence. Sharp words dull respect.
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Real optimism sees the negatives but accentuates the positive.
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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 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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Man, like the bridge, was designed to carry the load of the moment, not the combined weight of a year at once.
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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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Happiness is an inside job.
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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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A life lived without forgiveness is a prison.
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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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