William Arthur Ward Quotes - Page 4

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• Everyone has a common, yet unique, responsibility to the future: to make the most of today.

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  Responsibility, Unique, Today

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• Faith is knowing there is an ocean because you have seen a brook.

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  Faith, Ocean, Knowing

  William Arthur Ward (1968). “Thoughts of a Christian Optimist: The Words of William Arthur Ward”

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• Failure is delay, but not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead-end street.

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  Failure, Delay, Detours

  William Arthur Ward (1968). “Thoughts of a Christian Optimist: The Words of William Arthur Ward”

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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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  Fall, Optimistic, Flying High

  William Arthur Ward (1968). “Thoughts of a Christian Optimist: The Words of William Arthur Ward”

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• TODAY can be a healthy unusual day for you-and for others-if you take time to give someone a smile . . . to express a word of kindness . . . to lend a helping hand to someone in need . . . ..to write a note of gratitude . . . to give a word of encouragement to someone who is temporarily overcome with problems . . . to share a portion of your material possessions with others.

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  Encouragement, Gratitude, Kindness

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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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  Interesting, Would Be, Helpful

  William Arthur Ward (1968). “Thoughts of a Christian Optimist: The Words of William Arthur Ward”

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• Change, like sunshine, can be a friend or a foe, a blessing or a curse, a dawn or a dusk.

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  Change, Summer, Thankful

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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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  Men, Years, Bridges

  William Arthur Ward (1968). “Thoughts of a Christian Optimist: The Words of William Arthur Ward”

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• Once trust is tarnished, it is hard to restore it to its original glow.

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  Originals, Hard

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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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  Anger, Effectiveness, Flying

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• In the face of unjust criticism we can become bitter or better; upset or understanding; hostile or humble; furious or forgiving.

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  Humble, Unjust Criticism, Understanding

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• Enthusiasm is the match that lights the candle of achievement.

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  Teaching, Inspiration, Learning

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• The greatest ideas, the most profound thoughts, and the most beautiful poetry are born from the womb of silence

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  Beautiful, Inspiration, Ideas

  William Arthur Ward (1968). “Thoughts of a Christian Optimist: The Words of William Arthur Ward”

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• The winner asks, "May I help?" The loser asks, "Do you expect me to do that?"

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  Attitude, May, Helping

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• Giving is more than a responsibility-it is a privilege; more than an act of obedience-it is evidence of our faith.

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  Responsibility, Generosity, Giving

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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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  Attitude, Sincere, Vow

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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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  Determination, Giving Up, Disappointment

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• Opportunity is often difficult to recognize; we usually expect it to beckon us with beepers and billboards.

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  Opportunity, Knocking, Difficult

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• The price of excellence is discipline. The cost of mediocrity is disappointment.

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  Leadership, Basketball, Motivation

  William Arthur Ward (1968). “Thoughts of a Christian Optimist: The Words of William Arthur Ward”

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• The greatest hazard in life is to risk NOTHING.

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  Life, Deep Love, Climbing

  William Arthur Ward, “Risk”

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• We can learn much from wise words, little from wisecracks, and less from wise guys.

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  Wise, Guy, Littles

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• Today's patience can transform yesterday's discouragements into tomorrow's discoveries. Today's purposes can turn yesterday's defeats into tomorrow's determination.

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  Inspirational, Patience, New Year

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• But risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he cannot learn, feel, change, grow or live. Chained by his servitude he is a slave who has forfeited all freedom. Only a person who risks is free. The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; and the realist adjusts the sails

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  Taken, Climbing, Wind

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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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  Inspiring, New Year, Song

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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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  Self Esteem, Humility, Pride

  William Arthur Ward (1968). “Thoughts of a Christian Optimist: The Words of William Arthur Ward”

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