‘If only’ is the excuse of the loser; ‘I can’ is the affirmation of the winner.
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARDA 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.
More William Arthur Ward Quotes
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Study while others are sleeping; work while others are loafing; prepare while others are playing; and dream while others are wishing.
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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 can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it.
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To the optimist all doors have handles and hinges; to the pessimist, all doors have locks and latches.
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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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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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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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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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The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.
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There is one thing we can do better than anyone else: we can be ourselves.
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Encourage me, and I will not forget you.
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Raised voices lower esteem. Hot tempers cool friendships. Loose tongues stretch truth. Swelled heads shrink influence. Sharp words dull respect.
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The optimist pleasantly ponders how high his kite will fly; the pessimist woefully wonders how soon his kite will fall.
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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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The more patient we are, the more understanding we become.
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