Top 157 Quotes & Sayings by William Arthur Ward - Page 2

I have the opportunity, once more to right some wrongs, to pray for peace, to plant some trees, and sing more joyful songs.

A friend is one with whom you are comfortable, to whom you are loyal, through whom you are blessed, and for whom you are grateful.

A friend is one who joyfully sings with you when you are on the mountaintop, and silently walks beside you through the valley.

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.

Real optimism is aware of problems but recognizes the solutions.

We can be resentful of our age, or we can be grateful for having attained it.

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

The pessimist borrows trouble; the optimists lend encouragement.

Friendship flourishes at the fountain of forgiveness.

'If only' is the excuse of the loser; 'I can' is the affirmation of the winner.

A life lived without forgiveness is a prison.

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

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

Everyone has a common, yet unique, responsibility to the future: to make the most of today.

TODAY can be a healthy unusual day for you-and for others-if you take time to give someone a smile . . . to express a word of kindness . . . to lend a helping hand to someone in need . . . ..to write a note of gratitude . . . to give a word of encouragement to someone who is temporarily overcome with problems . . . to share a portion of your material possessions with others.

The experienced mountain climber is not intimidated by a mountain - he is inspired by it.

Encourage me, and I will not forget you.

Flying off the handle sometimes causes hammers and humans to lose their heads, as well as their effectiveness.

Raised voices lower esteem. Hot tempers cool friendships. Loose tongues stretch truth. Swelled heads shrink influence. Sharp words dull respect.

The greatest ideas, the most profound thoughts, and the most beautiful poetry are born from the womb of silence

Commend while others are criticizing, persist while others are quitting

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

Vow to be valiant. Resolve to be radiant. Determine to be dynamic. Strive to be sincere. Aspire to be attuned.

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.

Words, like tranquil waters behind a dam, can become reckless and uncontrollable torrents of destruction when released without caution and wisdom.

America needs fewer men obsessed with erecting fences of hate, suspicion and name calling.

Today's patience can transform yesterday's discouragements into tomorrow's discoveries. Today's purposes can turn yesterday's defeats into tomorrow's determination.

Once trust is tarnished, it is hard to restore it to its original glow.

Another fresh new year is here. Another year to live! To Banish worry, doubt and fear, to love and give

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

Faith is knowing there is an ocean because you have seen a brook.

To the optimist, obstacles aare challenges, roadblocks are inspirations, and problems are invitations to achievement.

Do more than be fair: be kind.

Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings.

Delays, disappointments and defeats cause quitters to give up in resignation; losers, to give in the frustration; winners, to come through with determination.

Giving is more than a responsibility-it is a privilege; more than an act of obedience-it is evidence of our faith.

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.

We are most like beasts when we kill. We are most like men when we judge. We are most like God when we forgive.

Love is more than a noun-it is a verb; it is more than a feeling-it is caring, sharing, helping, sacrificing.

The optimist pleasantly ponders how high his kite will fly; the pessimist woefully wonders how soon his kite will fall.

To bear defeat with dignity, to accept criticism with poise, to receive honors with humility - these are marks of maturity and graciousness.

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

The optimist lives on the peninsula of infinite possibilities; the pessimist is stranded on the island of perpetual indecision.

Do more than believe: practice.

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

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.

Teaching is more than imparting knowledge, it is inspiring change.

The greatest hazard in life is to risk NOTHING.

Opportunity is often difficult to recognize; we usually expect it to beckon us with beepers and billboards.

Too many of us hear without heeding, read without responding, confess without changing, profess without practicing, worship without witnessing, and seek without sharing.

Forgiveness from others is charity; from God, grace; from oneself, wisdom.

Enthusiasm is the match that lights the candle of achievement.

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.

Real and lasting generosity requires that a person do more than make up his mind to give. He must also make up his heart.

A success is one who decided to succeed and worked. A failure is one who decided to succeed and wished.

Real optimism has reason to complain but prefers to smile.

The adventure of life is to learn.

Man, like the bridge, was designed to carry the load of the moment, not the combined weight of a year at once.

In the face of unjust criticism we can become bitter or better; upset or understanding; hostile or humble; furious or forgiving.

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.