I have the opportunity, once more to right some wrongs, to pray for peace, to plant some trees, and sing more joyful songs.
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARDThe pessimist borrows trouble; the optimists lend encouragement.
More William Arthur Ward Quotes
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The more we count the blessings we have, the less we crave the luxuries we haven’t.
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Commend while others are criticizing, persist while others are quitting.
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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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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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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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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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We are more than what we do much more than what we accomplish far more than what we possess.
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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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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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Success never resides in the world of weak wishes, but in the palace of purposeful plans and prayerful persistence.
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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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The pessimist borrows trouble; the optimists lend encouragement.
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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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Do more than be fair: be kind.
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