William Arthur Ward Quotes
Opportunities are like sunrises; if you wait too long, you miss them.
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.
Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.
If you can imagine it, you can achieve it; if you can dream it, you can become it.
The winner asks, "May I help?" The loser asks, "Do you expect me to do that?
Friendship flourishes at the fountain of forgiveness.
Failure is delay, but not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead-end street.
A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.
When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.
The winner persistently programs his pluses; the loser mournfully magnifies his minuses.
Enthusiasm is the match that lights the candle of achievement.
Wise are those who learn that the bottom line doesn't always have to be their top priority.
A life lived without forgiveness is a prison.
There is one thing we can do better than anyone else: we can be ourselves.
Men never plan to be failures; they simply fail to plan to be successful.
A cloudy day is no match for a sunny disposition.
The price of excellence is discipline. The cost of mediocrity is disappointment.
Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.
Change, like sunshine, can be a friend or a foe, a blessing or a curse, a dawn or a dusk.
Happiness is an inside job.
We can learn much from wise words, little from wisecracks, and less from wise guys.
We can choose to throw stones, to stumble on them, to climb over them, or to build with them.
Faith sees a beautiful blossom in a bulb, a lovely garden in a seed, and a giant oak in an acorn.
We are more than what we do . . . much more than what we accomplish . . . far more than what we possess.
Optimists enrich the present, enhance the future, challenge the improbable and attain the impossible.
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.
To make mistakes is human; to stumble is commonplace; to be able to laugh at yourself is maturity.
It is wise to direct your anger towards problems -- not people; to focus your energies on answers - not excuses.
A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life.
