Faith is knowing there is an ocean because you have seen a brook.
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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Do more than be fair: be kind.
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Commend while others are criticizing, persist while others are quitting.
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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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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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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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Greatness is not found in possessions, power, position, or prestige. It is discovered in goodness, humility, service, and character.
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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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We can learn much from wise words, little from wisecracks, and less from wise guys.
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To make mistakes is human; to stumble is commonplace; to be able to laugh at yourself is maturity.
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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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Vow to be valiant. Resolve to be radiant. Determine to be dynamic. Strive to be sincere. Aspire to be attuned.
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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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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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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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The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.
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The pessimist borrows trouble; the optimists lend encouragement.
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There is one thing we can do better than anyone else: we can be ourselves.
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Friendship flourishes at the fountain of forgiveness.
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Flatter 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.
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Do more than believe: practice.
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Men never plan to be failures; they simply fail to plan to be successful.
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Failure is delay, but not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead-end street.
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Real optimism sees the negatives but accentuates the positive.
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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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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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