Optimists enrich the present, enhance the future, challenge the improbable and attain the impossible.
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARDCommend while others are criticizing, persist while others are quitting.
More William Arthur Ward Quotes
-
-
Greatness is not found in possessions, power, position, or prestige. It is discovered in goodness, humility, service, and character.
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARD -
In the face of unjust criticism we can become bitter or better; upset or understanding; hostile or humble; furious or forgiving.
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARD -
The pessimist borrows trouble; the optimists lend encouragement.
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARD -
A success is one who decided to succeed and worked. A failure is one who decided to succeed and wished.
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARD -
Happiness is an inside job.
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARD -
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.
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARD -
The greatest failure is the failure to try.
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARD -
Three enemies of personal peace: regret over yesterday’s mistakes, anxiety over tomorrow’s problems, and ingratitude for today’s blessings.
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARD -
The experienced mountain climber is not intimidated by a mountain – he is inspired by it.
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARD -
Man, like the bridge, was designed to carry the load of the moment, not the combined weight of a year at once.
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARD -
Friendship flourishes at the fountain of forgiveness.
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARD -
When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARD -
Nothing limits achievement like small thinking; nothing expands possibilities like unleashed imagination.
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARD -
A friend is one who joyfully sings with you when you are on the mountaintop, and silently walks beside you through the valley.
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARD -
Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.”
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARD






