William Arthur Ward Quotes
In the face of unjust criticism we can become bitter or better; upset or understanding; hostile or humble; furious or forgiving.
Empathy feels these thoughts; your hurt is in my heart, your loss is in my prayers, your sorrow is in my soul, and your tears are in my eyes.
Everyone has a common, yet unique, responsibility to the future: to make the most of today.
Will someone else's life be brighter tomorrow, because of what you have done today?
Words, like tranquil waters behind a dam, can become reckless and uncontrollable torrents of destruction when released without caution and wisdom.
I have the opportunity, once more to right some wrongs, to pray for peace, to plant some trees, and sing more joyful songs.
Today's patience can transform yesterday's discouragements into tomorrow's discoveries. Today's purposes can turn yesterday's defeats into tomorrow's determination.
Wise are those who learn that the bottom line doesn't always have to be their top priority.
A friend is one who joyfully sings with you when you are on the mountaintop, and silently walks beside you through the valley.
Raised voices lower esteem. Hot tempers cool friendships. Loose tongues stretch truth. Swelled heads shrink influence. Sharp words dull respect.
Vow to be valiant. Resolve to be radiant. Determine to be dynamic. Strive to be sincere. Aspire to be attuned.
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.
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.
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.
The greatest ideas, the most profound thoughts, and the most beautiful poetry are born from the womb of silence
Optimists enrich the present, enhance the future,challenge the improbable and attain the impossible
We are more than what we do... much more than what we accomplish... far more than what we possess.
Lose yourself in generous service and every day can be a most unusual day, a triumphant day, an abundantly rewarding day!
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.
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.
Man, like the bridge, was designed to carry the load of the moment, not the combined weight of a year at once.
We are most like beasts when we kill. We are most like men when we judge. We are most like God when we forgive.
Our greatest challenge-our greatest opportunity-is found in these words: 'Choose ye this day....'.
A success is one who decided to succeed and worked. A failure is one who decided to succeed and wished.
Christmas can be the end of emptiness and waywardness; The beginning of happiness and purposefulness.
The experienced mountain climber is not intimidated by a mountain - he is inspired by it.
Opportunity is often difficult to recognize; we usually expect it to beckon us with beepers and billboards.
Skillful listening is the best remedy for loneliness, loquaciousness, and laryngitis.
Real and lasting generosity requires that a person do more than make up his mind to give. He must also make up his heart.
The optimist lives on the peninsula of infinite possibilities; the pessimist is stranded on the island of perpetual indecision.
