We can learn much from wise words, little from wisecracks, and less from wise guys.
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARDWhat 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.
More William Arthur Ward Quotes
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Forgiveness from others is charity; from God, grace; from oneself, wisdom.
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The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
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Faith is knowing there is an ocean because you have seen a brook.
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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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We can be resentful of our age, or we can be grateful for having attained it.
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Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.
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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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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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Failure is delay, but not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead-end street.
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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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Encourage me, and I will not forget you.
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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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Everyone has a common, yet unique, responsibility to the future: to make the most of today.
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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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