What 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.
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARDFailure 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.
More William Arthur Ward Quotes
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Do more than believe: practice.
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The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
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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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Delays, disappointments and defeats cause quitters to give up in resignation; losers, to give in the frustration; winners, to come through with determination.
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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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When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.
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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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Raised voices lower esteem. Hot tempers cool friendships. Loose tongues stretch truth. Swelled heads shrink influence. Sharp words dull respect.
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Failure is delay, but not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead-end street.
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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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The optimist pleasantly ponders how high his kite will fly; the pessimist woefully wonders how soon his kite will fall.
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‘If only’ is the excuse of the loser; ‘I can’ is the affirmation of the winner.
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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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God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say ‘thank you?’
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Vow to be valiant. Resolve to be radiant. Determine to be dynamic. Strive to be sincere. Aspire to be attuned.
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