Real optimism is aware of problems but recognizes the solutions.
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARDAdversity causes some men to break; others to break records.
More William Arthur Ward Quotes
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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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Commend while others are criticizing, persist while others are quitting.
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The winner asks, “May I help?” The loser asks, “Do you expect me to do that?”
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Success never resides in the world of weak wishes, but in the palace of purposeful plans and prayerful persistence.
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The more patient we are, the more understanding we become.
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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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Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.
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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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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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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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A life lived without forgiveness is a prison.
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A cloudy day is no match for a sunny disposition.
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Encourage me, and I will not forget you.
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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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