William Arthur Ward Quotes

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Opportunities are like sunrises; if you wait too long, you miss them.

William Arthur Ward

Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.

William Arthur Ward

Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.

William Arthur Ward

If you can imagine it, you can achieve it; if you can dream it, you can become it.

William Arthur Ward

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

William Arthur Ward

Friendship flourishes at the fountain of forgiveness.

William Arthur Ward

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

William Arthur Ward

A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.

William Arthur Ward

When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.

William Arthur Ward

The winner persistently programs his pluses; the loser mournfully magnifies his minuses.

William Arthur Ward

Enthusiasm is the match that lights the candle of achievement.

William Arthur Ward

Wise are those who learn that the bottom line doesn't always have to be their top priority.

William Arthur Ward

A life lived without forgiveness is a prison.

William Arthur Ward

There is one thing we can do better than anyone else: we can be ourselves.

William Arthur Ward

Men never plan to be failures; they simply fail to plan to be successful.

William Arthur Ward

A cloudy day is no match for a sunny disposition.

William Arthur Ward

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

William Arthur Ward

Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.

William Arthur Ward

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

William Arthur Ward

Happiness is an inside job.

William Arthur Ward

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

William Arthur Ward

We can choose to throw stones, to stumble on them, to climb over them, or to build with them.

William Arthur Ward

Faith sees a beautiful blossom in a bulb, a lovely garden in a seed, and a giant oak in an acorn.

William Arthur Ward

We are more than what we do . . . much more than what we accomplish . . . far more than what we possess.

William Arthur Ward

Optimists enrich the present, enhance the future, challenge the improbable and attain the impossible.

William Arthur Ward

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.

William Arthur Ward

To make mistakes is human; to stumble is commonplace; to be able to laugh at yourself is maturity.

William Arthur Ward

It is wise to direct your anger towards problems -- not people; to focus your energies on answers - not excuses.

William Arthur Ward

Nothing limits achievement like small thinking; nothing expands possibilities like unleashed imagination.

William Arthur Ward

A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life.

William Arthur Ward

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