Delays, disappointments and defeats cause quitters to give up in resignation; losers, to give in the frustration; winners, to come through with determination.
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARDHappiness is an inside job.
More William Arthur Ward Quotes
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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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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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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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Flying off the handle sometimes causes hammers and humans to lose their heads, as well as their effectiveness.
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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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Encourage me, and I will not forget you.
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Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.
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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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Blessed is the person who sees the need, recognizes the responsibility, and actively becomes the answer.
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God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say ‘thank you?’
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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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When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.
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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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A pinch of praise is worth a pound of scorn. A dash of encouragement is more helpful than a dipper of pessimism. A cup of kindness is better than a cupboard of criticism.
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