Our greatest challenge-our greatest opportunity-is found in these words: ‘Choose ye this day.’
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARDFlatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you. Love me and I may be forced to love you.
More William Arthur Ward Quotes
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Encourage me, and I will not forget you.
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Once trust is tarnished, it is hard to restore it to its original glow.
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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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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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To bear defeat with dignity, to accept criticism with poise, to receive honors with humility – these are marks of maturity and graciousness.
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The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
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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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The adventure of life is to learn.
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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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Men never plan to be failures; they simply fail to plan to be successful.
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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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A life lived without forgiveness is a prison.
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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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When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.
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