William Arthur Ward
Lose yourself in generous service and every day can be a most unusual day, a triumphant day, an abundantly rewarding day!Collection: 4th Of July
Before you speak, listen.Collection: Listening
The optimist lives on the peninsula of infinite possibilities; the pessimist is stranded on the island of perpetual indecision.Collection: Optimistic
Gratitude is the the energy of faith.Collection: Gratitude
America needs fewer men obsessed with erecting fences of hate, suspicion and name calling.Collection: Hate
Real optimism knows the difficulties but believes they can be overcome.Collection: Real
A good teacher explains, while a great teacher inspiresCollection: Teacher
Prepare while others are daydreaming.Collection: Preparation
Once trust is tarnished, it is hard to restore it to its original glow.Collection: Originals
Everyone has a common, yet unique, responsibility to the future: to make the most of today.Collection: Responsibility
The winner asks, "May I help?" The loser asks, "Do you expect me to do that?"Collection: Attitude
Delays, disappointments and defeats cause quitters to give up in resignation; losers, to give in the frustration; winners, to come through with determination.Collection: Determination
The price of excellence is discipline. The cost of mediocrity is disappointment.Collection: Leadership
Our greatest challenge-our greatest opportunity-is found in these words: 'Choose ye this day....'.Collection: Opportunity
Forgiveness from others is charity; from God, grace; from oneself, wisdom.Collection: Grace
Enthusiasm is the match that lights the candle of achievement.Collection: Teaching
To bear defeat with dignity, to accept criticism with poise, to receive honors with humility - these are marks of maturity and graciousness.Collection: Self Esteem
Flying off the handle sometimes causes hammers and humans to lose their heads, as well as their effectiveness.Collection: Anger
A success is one who decided to succeed and worked. A failure is one who decided to succeed and wished.Collection: Succeed
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.Collection: Encouragement
The pessimist borrows trouble; the optimists lend encouragement.Collection: Inspirational
In life, satisfaction is experienced when activities are brought to a state of completion. Loss of energy and loss of control are functions of incompletion. The result of completing things releases one's ability to create. Prioritize any items that need to be completed, set a completion date, then do it.Collection: Inspirational
Friendship flourishes at the fountain of forgiveness.Collection: Friendship
The adventure of life is to learn.Collection: Adventure
I have the opportunity, once more to right some wrongs, to pray for peace, to plant some trees, and sing more joyful songs.Collection: Inspiring
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 sailsCollection: Taken
Vow to be valiant. Resolve to be radiant. Determine to be dynamic. Strive to be sincere. Aspire to be attuned.Collection: Attitude
The greatest hazard in life is to risk NOTHING.Collection: Life
We can learn much from wise words, little from wisecracks, and less from wise guys.Collection: Wise
Encourage me, and I will not forget you.Collection: Relationship
Too many of us hear without heeding, read without responding, confess without changing, profess without practicing, worship without witnessing, and seek without sharing.Collection: Worship
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.Collection: Interesting
To make mistakes is human; to stumble is commonplace; to be able to laugh at yourself is maturity.Collection: Inspirational
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.Collection: Motivational
Whatever gets your goat gets your attention. Whatever gets your attention gets your time. Whatever gets your time gets you. Whatever gets you becomes your master. Take care, lest a little thing horn in and get your goatCollection: Attention
We can choose to throw stones, to stumble on them, to climb over them, or to build with them.Collection: Lynching
Commend while others are criticizing, persist while others are quittingCollection: Frowning
The more generous we are, the more joyous we become. The more cooperative we are, the more valuable we become. The more enthusiastic we are, the more productive we become. The more serving we are, the more prosperous we become.Collection: Giving
Men never plan to be failures; they simply fail to plan to be successfulCollection: Success
A cloudy day is no match for a sunny disposition.Collection: Positive
We can be resentful of our age, or we can be grateful for having attained it.Collection: Inspirational
Three keys to more abundant living: caring about others, daring for others, sharing with others.Collection: Life
A life lived without forgiveness is a prison.Collection: Forgiveness
Real optimism sees the negatives but accentuates the positive.Collection: Real
Real optimism is aware of problems but recognizes the solutions.Collection: Real
A friend is one who joyfully sings with you when you are on the mountaintop, and silently walks beside you through the valley.Collection: Friendship
The more patient we are, the more understanding we become.Collection: Patience
Love is more than a noun-it is a verb; it is more than a feeling-it is caring, sharing, helping, sacrificing.Collection: Love
'If only' is the excuse of the loser; 'I can' is the affirmation of the winner.Collection: Affirmation