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.
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARDFeeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.
More William Arthur Ward Quotes
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It is wise to direct your anger towards problems – not people; to focus your energies on answers – not excuses.
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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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Our greatest challenge-our greatest opportunity-is found in these words: ‘Choose ye this day.’
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I have the opportunity, once more to right some wrongs, to pray for peace, to plant some trees, and sing more joyful songs.
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Real optimism sees the negatives but accentuates the positive.
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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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Faith is knowing there is an ocean because you have seen a brook.
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Do more than believe: practice.
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The greatest failure is the failure to try.
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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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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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‘If only’ is the excuse of the loser; ‘I can’ is the affirmation of the winner.
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The experienced mountain climber is not intimidated by a mountain – he is inspired by it.
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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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When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.
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