Our words reveal our thoughts; our manners mirror our self-esteem; our actions reflect our character; our habits predict the future.
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARDCommend while others are criticizing, persist while others are quitting.
More William Arthur Ward Quotes
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Greatness is not found in possessions, power, position, or prestige. It is discovered in goodness, humility, service, and character.
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A complaining tongue reveals an ungrateful heart.
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Will someone else’s life be brighter tomorrow, because of what you have done today?
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The pessimist borrows trouble; the optimists lend encouragement.
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Happiness is an inside job.
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Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.
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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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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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Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.
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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.
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Flying off the handle sometimes causes hammers and humans to lose their heads, as well as their effectiveness.
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Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.
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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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Do more than believe: practice.
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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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Commend while others are criticizing, persist while others are quitting.
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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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The adventure of life is to learn.
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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 greatest ideas, the most profound thoughts, and the most beautiful poetry are born from the womb of silence.
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Nothing limits achievement like small thinking; nothing expands possibilities like unleashed imagination.
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Encourage me, and I will not forget you.
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Real optimism is aware of problems but recognizes the solutions.
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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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Our greatest challenge-our greatest opportunity-is found in these words: ‘Choose ye this day.’
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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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