William Arthur Ward
Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.Collection: Morning
Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.Collection: Thanksgiving
Wise are those who learn that the bottom line doesn't always have to be their top priority.Collection: Business
If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it.Collection: Imagination
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.Collection: Great
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.Collection: Thankful
When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.Collection: Inspirational
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.Collection: Wisdom
Happiness is an inside job.Collection: Happiness
It is wise to direct your anger towards problems - not people; to focus your energies on answers - not excuses.Collection: Anger
Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you. Love me and I may be forced to love you.Collection: Love
Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.Collection: Sports
A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life.Collection: Humor
Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.Collection: Learning
Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.Collection: Funny
Change, like sunshine, can be a friend or a foe, a blessing or a curse, a dawn or a dusk.Collection: Change
God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say 'thank you?'Collection: God
A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.Collection: Smile
The adventure of life is to learn. The purpose of life is to grow. The nature of life is to change. The challenge of life is to overcome. The essence of life is to care. The opportunity of like is to serve. The secret of life is to dare. The spice of life is to befriend. The beauty of life is to give.Collection: Life
Do more than belong: participate. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe: practice. Do more than be fair: be kind. Do more than forgive: forget. Do more than dream: work.Collection: Inspirational
Three enemies of personal peace: regret over yesterday’s mistakes, anxiety over tomorrow’s problems, and ingratitude for today’s blessings.Collection: Regret
Before you speak, listen. Before you write, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you invest, investigate. Before you criticize, wait. Before you pray, forgive. Before you quit, try. Before you retire, save. Before you die, give.Collection: Motivational
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.Collection: Love
Blessed is he who has learned to admire but not envy, to follow but not imitate, to praise but not flatter, and to lead but not manipulate.Collection: Respect
Every person has the power to make others happy. Some do it simply by entering a room others by leaving the room. Some individuals leave trails of gloom; others, trails of joy. Some leave trails of hate and bitterness; others, trails of love and harmony. Some leave trails of cynicism and pessimism; others trails of faith and optimism. Some leave trails of criticism and resignation; others trails of gratitude and hope. What kind of trails do you leave?Collection: Happiness
A Winner's Blueprint for Achievement BELIEVE while others are doubting. PLAN while others are playing. STUDY while others are sleeping. DECIDE while others are delaying. PREPARE while others are daydreaming. BEGIN while others are procrastinating. WORK while others are wishing. SAVE while others are wasting. LISTEN while others are talking. SMILE while others are frowning. COMMEND while others are criticizing. PERSIST while others are quitting.Collection: Believe
Four steps to achievement: Plan purposefully. Prepare prayerfully. Proceed positively. Pursue persistently.Collection: Success
Teaching is more than imparting knowledge, it is inspiring change.Collection: Motivational
Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.” —Collection: Thanksgiving
There is one thing we can do better than anyone else: we can be ourselves.Collection: Can Do
Greatness is not found in possessions, power, position, or prestige. It is discovered in goodness, humility, service, and character.Collection: Basketball
Blessed is the person who sees the need, recognizes the responsibility, and actively becomes the answer.Collection: Blessed
Our words reveal our thoughts; our manners mirror our self-esteem; our actions reflect our character; our habits predict the future.Collection: Self Esteem
Study while others are sleeping; work while others are loafing; prepare while others are playing; and dream while others are wishing.Collection: Inspirational
We must be silent before we can listen. We must listen before we can learn. We must learn before we can prepare. We must prepare before we can serve. We must serve before we can lead.Collection: Leadership
The more we count the blessings we have, the less we crave the luxuries we haven't.Collection: Appreciation
Today's patience can transform yesterday's discouragements into tomorrow's discoveries. Today's purposes can turn yesterday's defeats into tomorrow's determination.Collection: Inspirational
Opportunity is often difficult to recognize; we usually expect it to beckon us with beepers and billboards.Collection: Opportunity
The optimist pleasantly ponders how high his kite will fly; the pessimist woefully wonders how soon his kite will fall.Collection: Fall
Giving is more than a responsibility-it is a privilege; more than an act of obedience-it is evidence of our faith.Collection: Responsibility
We are more than what we do... much more than what we accomplish... far more than what we possess.Collection: Accomplishment
Do more than believe: practice.Collection: Motivational
Optimists enrich the present, enhance the future,challenge the improbable and attain the impossibleCollection: Motivational
The more generous we are, the more joyous we become.Collection: Generosity
We are most like beasts when we kill. We are most like men when we judge. We are most like God when we forgive.Collection: Men
Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings.Collection: Thanksgiving
For each new morning with its light, For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends... Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.Collection: Inspirational
To the optimist, obstacles aare challenges, roadblocks are inspirations, and problems are invitations to achievement.Collection: Inspiration
Real optimism has reason to complain but prefers to smile.Collection: Real
Another fresh new year is here. Another year to live! To Banish worry, doubt and fear, to love and giveCollection: Motivational